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  2. Idiosyncrasy - Wikipedia

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    It is what is known as a Type B reaction. Type B reactions have the following characteristics: they are usually unpredictable, might not be picked up by toxicological screening, not necessarily dose-related, incidence and morbidity low but mortality is high. Type B reactions are most commonly immunological (e.g. penicillin allergy). [6]

  3. Divine madness - Wikipedia

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    Divine madness, also known as theia mania and crazy wisdom, is unconventional, outrageous, unexpected, or unpredictable behavior linked to religious or spiritual pursuits. Examples of divine madness can be found in Buddhism , Christianity , Hellenism , Hinduism , Islam , Judaism and Shamanism .

  4. Creepiness - Wikipedia

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    Another characteristic of creepiness is unpredictable behavior. [7]: 12 Unpredictability links back to this idea of ambiguity. [7]: 11 When an individual is unpredictable it is not possible to tell when their behavior will turn violent: this adds to the ambiguity of a potentially dangerous situation. This theory is endorsed by studies.

  5. Emergence - Wikipedia

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    Chaotic, unpredictable behaviour can be seen as an emergent phenomenon, while at a microscopic scale the behaviour of the constituent parts can be fully deterministic. [ citation needed ] Bedau notes that weak emergence is not a universal metaphysical solvent, as the hypothesis that consciousness is weakly emergent would not resolve the ...

  6. Stochastic - Wikipedia

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    The event creates its own conditions of possibility, rendering it unpredictable if simply for the number of variables involved. Stochastic social science theory can be seen as an elaboration of a kind of 'third axis' in which to situate human behavior alongside the traditional 'nature vs. nurture' opposition.

  7. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    Afrikaans – as die perde horings kry ("when horses grow horns"); Albanian – ne 36 gusht ("on the thirty-sixth of August"); Arabic has a wide range of idioms differing from a region to another.

  8. Divine madness (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Divine madness is unconventional, outrageous, unexpected, or unpredictable behavior linked to religious or spiritual pursuits. Divine Madness may also refer to: Divine Madness (Madness album), a 1992 album by Madness; Divine Madness, a 1980 American concert film Divine Madness (Bette Midler album), a 1980 soundtrack album by Bette Midler

  9. Intermittent explosive disorder - Wikipedia

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    Intermittent explosive disorder (IED), or episodic dyscontrol syndrome (EDS), is a mental and behavioral disorder characterized by explosive outbursts of anger or violence, often to the point of rage, that are disproportionate to the situation at hand (e.g., impulsive shouting, screaming, or excessive reprimanding triggered by relatively inconsequential events).