irrationality

Example Sentences

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Bennett argued presciently that by kowtowing to radicals, “a great university was brought low by the very forces which modern universities came into being to oppose: ignorance, irrationality and intimidation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

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

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

The chief danger of adopting a credible pose of irrationality is that to succeed in the pretense you have to be very good.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan