Sentence examples for actually rational from inspiring English sources

"As long as that's the case it's actually rational for parents to spend so much and put so much pressure on their children," said Prof Seth.

The policy recommendation is robust: the welfare loss entailed by optimal policy under learning if the private sector actually has rational expectations is much smaller than if the central bank mistakenly assumes rational expectations when in fact agents are learning.

What seemed nonsensical was actually perfectly rational.

He argues that many terrorists are actually more rational than we might like to think.

It's actually a rational approach to preparing some kids for college.

As these things go, the headphones craze is actually quite rational.

The reason is actually quite rational, especially to a musical theater buff.

But I have this almost irrational belief – well, it's not irrational, it's actually perfectly rational – that certain toxic ideas take on a life of their own.

It's nice to have someone who's a clued up and intelligent investigator but ultimately relies on force of will to get results, especially after reading so much Sherlock Holmes recently, where the fun is all in the seemingly superhuman (but actually perfectly rational) insights.

But whether Ireland's no vote was instinctive or informed, it was actually quite rational.

It doesn't follow that he should give up (as false) his belief that it is irrational to hold opinions, since it would only be correct to give it up if it actually is rational to hold opinions — but this is something that his arguments don't warrant, any more than they warrant the opposite conclusion.