Ezra Furman

Sometimes there's a day where I don't feel good being out in the world, and I feel unsafe in the world in general. And an anxiety about just showing up in the world. It's kind of irrational, but people do say things to me out in the street about how I'm dressed.

American Musician

George MacDonald

The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.

Scottish Novelist

Eugene Fama

Tastes and behavior are important in economics. Nobody denies that. But the question is: How much of behavior is irrational, and how much of the irrational behavior really affects prices? It turns out that's very difficult to answer.

American Economist

Kevin Reilly

I love talent because they are passionate. They can be emotional and irrational and unpredictable... and that's okay, because all we want is something exciting on the page and on the screen.

Sam Hunt

I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.

Margaret Walker

The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories.

American Poet

Cyril Connolly

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.

English Journalist

Hugh Mackay

Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.

Australian Scientist

Martin Rees

The advance of science spares us from irrational dread.

British Scientist

Sean Penn

American Actor

Irrational often implies strong emotions overpowering reason, especially in arguments or behavior.

Emotional Charge

Calling someone's fears irrational may feel dismissive; recognize it's subjective and personal.

Perception Bias

What's irrational in one culture can be perfectly logical in another. Be aware of cultural differences.

Cultural Sensitivity

In mathematics, 'irrational' has a precise definition, unrelated to logic or reason.

Math Specificity

Irrational numbers have non-repeating, non-ending decimals, making them unique in math.

Non-Repeating

Although termed 'irrational', these numbers are highly useful in various fields of study.

Not Impractical

 for experiencing anxiety based on irrational thoughts and finding it difficult to control their responses. So what exactly causes OCD? The frustrating answer is we don't really know. However, we have some important clues. OCD is considered a neurobiological disorder.

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 But the moment you set this as the default, it has a huge power over whatever people end up doing. I'll give you a couple of more examples on irrational decision-making. Imagine I give you a Do you want to go for a weekend to Rome, all expenses paid --

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 to acknowledge their psychological disorders were real. He certainly didn’t help all his patients. Freud was convinced that our behavior is shaped by unconscious urges and repressed memories. He invented baseless unconscious or irrational drivers

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 their eyes glaze over, and they think I'm a little crazy. So, I hope to pierce that prejudice forever with this group. We call it mycophobia, the irrational fear of the unknown, when it comes to fungi. Mushrooms are very fast in their growth.

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 And finally, pathos appeals to emotion, and in our age of mass media, it's often the most effective mode. Pathos is neither inherently good nor bad, but it may be irrational and unpredictable. It can just as easily rally people for peace

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 But it isn't easy in this world. Well, that's a good challenge to us, and I'm also a believer in disagreement, I think, Corey, we're passionate disbelievers in the spreading of irrational hatred. Like, instinctual irrational hatred

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 no matter how small. These numbers, which we call irrational numbers, were perceived as a threat to the Pythagorean's notion of a perfect universe. They imagined a reality that could be described with rational, numerical patterns.

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 They're very inspiring leaders, even though I disagree with much of what they say. Also, thou shalt not disregard the irrational. This one was very unexpected because, you know, I grew up with the scientific worldview,

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 how irrational they may be some panic by while others experience optimism boys we kind of had these very self protective intrinsic desire to build the

How Fear and Anxiety...

 that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word, when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.