Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Since the term irrationalism is often used as a derogatory accusation to criticize other positions as unreasonable, unscientific and thus wrong, it is controversial as a scientific category, especially in individual cases. Otherwise, however, the term is often used unspecifically and - like its counterpart, rationalism - in very different meanings.
A cognitive distortion is a thought that causes a person to perceive reality inaccurately due to being exaggerated or irrational.Cognitive distortions are involved in the onset or perpetuation of psychopathological states, such as depression and anxiety.
Social cryptomnesia, a failure by people and society in general to remember the origin of a change, in which people know that a change has occurred in society, but forget how this change occurred; that is, the steps that were taken to bring this change about, and who took these steps. This has led to reduced social credit towards the minorities ...
Irrationality is cognition, thinking, talking, or acting without rationality.. Irrationality often has a negative connotation, as thinking and actions that are less useful or more illogical than other more rational alternatives.
FREE! gives us such an emotional charge that we perceive what is being offered as immensely more valuable than it really is." [5] Ariely's concept of "FREE!" applies not only to monetary and quantitative costs, but also to time. We forgo some of our time when we wait in line for free popcorn or to enter a museum on a free-entrance day.
“They’re just illogical.” 'Dumb! Really dumb!': Dave Ramsey launches into an epic rant on 3 of the most common money mistakes people make.
Across 32 years of giving people financial advice on the airwaves, Dave Ramsey has probably seen it all. But on an episode of "The Ramsey Show" earlier this year, he called out financial mistakes ...
Absurdity is the state or condition of being unreasonable, meaningless, or so unsound as to be irrational. "Absurd" is the adjective used to describe absurdity, e.g., "Tyler and the boys laughed at the absurd situation."