Sentence examples for irrational attitudes from inspiring English sources

"And yet there are very deep, irrational attitudes toward them".

It's open to criticism because many people appear to have irrational attitudes toward the small risks of very bad things happening.

The elderly are victims of mistaken beliefs and irrational attitudes] promoted [largely through the various mass media]." However, the words within the square brackets can be found in two consecutive paragraphs of an academic paper entitled The Elderly in Modern Society: A Cultural Psychological Reading, by Alan Pope, published in 1999.

The tragedies might illustrate irrational attitudes to death; or they might be a testament to the fact that consolatory philosophy cannot silence these darker visions (for a discussion of death in Seneca's prose writings and poetry, and a defense of the latter view, see Busch 2009).

To that extent, MacIntyre grants that what he considers true patriotism is "a fundamentally irrational attitude" (13).

Most economists initially rejected this view as reflecting an irrational attitude toward expectation, but it has largely carried the day and Kahneman received the Nobel Prize in economics in 2002 for this and related work that laid the foundation for what is called behavioral economics.

Merriam Webster cites three definitions: Injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of one's rights; an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds and an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics.

If all of this leaves you unconvinced of the marriage of irrational, unscientific, and unethical attitudes by many green organisations then you should read about the history of opposition to golden rice, an innovation that has the potential to greatly reduce human suffering.

A notable absence of irrational exuberance in investors' attitudes is common for much of a rising market.

What's worse, I have grown irritated by the irrational, unrealistic, recklessly optimistic attitudes around me, often muttering in the privacy of my own head, "Are we looking at the same child, are we seeing the same thing?

Irrational fears and discriminatory attitudes can be addressed through training, but health care workers need to be trained and equipped to prevent cross-infection between those with HIV and uninfected staff or patients, so as to alleviate unjustified fears and prevent nosocomial transmission.