Irrationality is cognition, thinking, talking, or acting without rationality. Irrationality often has a negative connotation, as thinking and actions...

Mercer is a professor of behavioral psychology, whose interests, human irrationality in particular, reflect Ariely’s own work in behavioral economics. Like...

as irrational magnitudes. He also introduced an arithmetical approach to the concept of irrationality, as he attributes the following to irrational magnitudes:...

movements and systems. Irrationalism in the true sense refers to worldviews that are particularly characterized by the moment of irrationality and that also put...

Irrational fear may refer to: Irrational fear (phobia), any of several anxiety disorders Irrational fear (unknown), fear of the unknown Fear (disambiguation)...

number is irrational. The square root of 2 was the first such number to be proved irrational. Theodorus of Cyrene proved the irrationality of the square...

of their irrationality exponent is not known. Below is a table of known upper and lower bounds. The irrationality base or Sondow irrationality measure...

known as rational irrationality was popularized by economist Bryan Caplan in 2001 to reconcile the widespread existence of irrational behavior (particularly...

actually proves that π 2 {\displaystyle \pi ^{2}} is irrational. As in many proofs of irrationality, it is a proof by contradiction. Consider the sequences...

"Irrational exuberance" is the phrase used by the then-Federal Reserve Board chairman, Alan Greenspan, in a December 1996 speech given at the American...

the variable of irrationality, which he argues can be used for positive change. Ariely, Dan (May 17, 2011). The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected...

Irrational Man is a 2015 American mystery comedy drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Jamie Blackley, Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey...

an irrationality sequence "Property P". The powers of two whose exponents are powers of two, 2 2 n {\displaystyle 2^{2^{n}}} , form an irrationality sequence...

In the mathematical theory of dynamical systems, an irrational rotation is a map T θ : [ 0 , 1 ] → [ 0 , 1 ] , T θ ( x ) ≜ x + θ mod 1 , {\displaystyle...

Aestheticism (also known as the aesthetic movement) was an art movement in the late 19th century that valued the appearance of literature, music, fonts...

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions is a 2008 book by Dan Ariely, in which he challenges readers' assumptions about making...

New Series, 12: 63–66, MR 0029405 Borwein, Peter B. (1992), "On the irrationality of certain series", Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical...

digits of 2 {\displaystyle {\sqrt {2}}} . One proof of the number's irrationality is the following proof by infinite descent. It is also a proof of a...

[cognitive-behavioral] programs, p < 0.001) Glaser, Gabrielle. "The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous". The Atlantic. Retrieved 15 April 2016. Gorman...

Irrational Games (known as 2K Boston between 2007 and 2009) was an American video game developer founded in 1997 by three former employees of Looking Glass...

The following is a list of integrals (antiderivative functions) of irrational functions. For a complete list of integral functions, see lists of integrals...

Thus, fear is judged as rational and appropriate, or irrational and inappropriate. Irrational fears are phobias. Fear is closely related to the emotion...

philosopher Leonard Peikoff presented Irrational Man as an example of a prominent philosopher endorsing irrationality, citing Barrett's comments about Dada...

already proved the irrationality of 2 {\displaystyle {\sqrt {2}}} . Aristotle referred to the method for a proof of the irrationality of 2 {\displaystyle...

Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 is an English law case that sets out the standard of unreasonableness...

Delusions and Other Irrational Beliefs (Oxford University Press, 2009); Irrationality (Polity, 2014); The Epistemic Innocence of Irrational Beliefs (Oxford...

In music, a tuplet (also irrational rhythm or groupings, artificial division or groupings, abnormal divisions, irregular rhythm, gruppetto, extra-metric...

"Yatta!" (やった "Hooray") is a 2001 parody song by the fictional Japanese boy band Green Leaves (はっぱ隊, Happa-tai). The song title, yatta, is the past tense...

12 8). Less common signatures indicate complex, mixed, additive, and irrational meters. Most time signatures consist of two numerals, one stacked above...

behavior instead of altering course. The actor maintains behaviors that are irrational, but align with previous decisions and actions. Economists and behavioral...