irrationality

Example Sentences

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It’s simply a matter of taking advantage of structural market irrationality.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025

Through the animal’s point of view, De Los Santos Arias considers the enduring grip of colonialism and the consequences of human irrationality.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

The logic is closer to game theory than pure irrationality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Sundar Pichai, the head of Google's parent firm Alphabet, told the BBC that while the growth of AI investment had been an "extraordinary moment", there was some "irrationality" in the current AI boom.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

I sometimes wonder how much irrationality in the world has been excused by the nonsensical saying “Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” a corruption of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s remark about “a foolish consistency.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker