But it is not rational.

Five is a bit much. Probably four is rational.

I think we need to be teaching these skills to kids and adults at every stage of their development, if we want to have thinking organizations and a thinking society.

Yes all of them in addition of the NONSENSICAL.

Some people conclude that markets are simply irrational.

Ultimately, consumer and business confidence are mostly irrational.

Individually rational choices were giving rise to collectively irrational results.

It is also noted that economic and financial instruments are used to stimulate rational management of natural resources.

In seeking answers, these citizens are reacting rationally to irrational realities.

The harder it becomes to discern any rationality in the Bush administration s actions, the louder the rumor mill grinds.

Priorities? The US policy seems unreasonable.

Many pivotal stakeholders also are advocating for a more rational immigration system.

This requires that a more rational strategy be mapped out in the planning of major industrial projects and energy hungry enterprises.

However irrational, this is a powerful idea.

The European house is ablaze, and Downing Street is calling for a rational and resolute response by the fire brigade.

They often criticize belief systems which they believe to be idiosyncratic, bizarre or irrational.

On the other hand was my grandmother, who also took care of me and was more spiritual, less educated and definitely less rational.

SAN FRANCISCO It has never been easy to have a rational conversation about the value of gold.

Promoting private insurance may seem an indirect response to the tsunami disaster, but it is a rational and powerful response.

There is no other obvious explanation for the recent trend of inhuman or illogical accusations against the Syrian revolution.

The Advisory Committee had made a number of recommendations aimed at achieving a more rational organizational structure and more transparent budgeting.

No. Contrary to what's usually said, testability is common, in myths and all sorts of other irrational modes of thinking.

It would be nice if our financial markets were more rational than those of previous generations.

The industrialization of war had made it obsolete in rational terms.

Of all the major powers in London, the United States looked the most reasonable and internationalist by far.

There is also a real danger that this group may expand further to include states where governments will not always be guided by rational considerations.

A conservative British prime minister! The European house is ablaze, and Downing Street is calling for a rational and resolute response by the fire brigade.

The prospect of a disorderly fiscal contraction needs to give way to a more rationally designed approach that avoids undermining the fragile recovery.

We work to promote healthy vibrant societies, to ameliorate human suffering, to promote a more thoughtful, substantive, empathic world order.

Finding rational ways to share and co manage water may be easier than solving the big issues.

Riven by such blinkered thinking, Iran seems incapable of making headway on even the most sensible policy.

I was surprised to find a relatively sane discussion happening in one social network Secret.ly, an app that lets you share anonymous messages with your friends.

People do get HIV because they do stupid things, but most of them are doing stupid things for perfectly rational reasons.

We should all hope that, with its decision in the Myriad case, the Supreme Court will contribute to the creation of a more sensible and humane framework.

Actually, HIV's about sex and drugs, and if there are two things that make human beings a little bit irrational, they are erections and addiction.

From a rational perspective, this idolizing of Diana is as absurd as any cult. Granted, she used her prominence to promote worthwhile causes.

Contrary to the expectations of transparency advocates, greater disclosure of government information does not make public discourse more rational and less paranoid.

Who can honestly say that public debate has become more rational and less paranoid when our governments have become more transparent?

However, much better results (emission cuts of up to 40 per cent) could be achieved by using reusable diapers more rationally.

Fortunately, there finally seems to be a growing number of influential scientists, economists, and politicians who represent a more sensible approach to the issue.

Today s hardcore Russian nationalists consider Putin s regime too soft, too pragmatic, too reasonable in their language, weak and indecisive.

There is at least one notable exception the episode of El Dorado, a fantastic village in which the inhabitants are simply rational, and their society is just and reasonable.

But no one should think that debate in democracies is always based on reason, or that democracy necessarily makes people more rational.

The Fed must always remember that no matter how calm and rational its analysis may be, it is dealing with markets that can be anything but calm and rational.

A more sensible approach is to balance America s real and pressing security needs in Afghanistan with a more wholesome policy in Central Asia.