Sentence examples for making rational choices from inspiring English sources
Online matchmaking is premised on the notion of making rational choices.
All she can say is that, in order to make them, we have to do something a little crazy; we have to cast aside "the modern upper middle class conception of self-realization [that] involves the notion that one achieves a kind of maximal self-fulfillment through making rational choices about the sort of person one wants to be".
Noam Chomsky talks wearily about the myth of "informed consumers making rational choices", while former Deutsche Bank VP Alexis Goldstein recalls Wall Street's adoration of "fuck you money" – an amount so vast that you can "say fuck you to whoever you want without repercussion".
Many people seem to believe that no one of sound mind would choose to engage in sex work: if we're not trafficked through violence or coercion, our choices are deemed less valid because of economic coercion or because of stereotypes about our sexual or traumatic pasts.But just because you can't imagine why we might choose this work doesn't mean we aren't making rational choices for ourselves.
They argue that a hardwired lack of self-control prevents people from making rational choices.
Understanding the capabilities and limitations of these techniques is crucial for making rational choices among imaging options based on sound risk and benefit considerations.
They are assigned specific characteristics that control their action such as moving in a neighborhood, making rational choice to maximize their gain while minimizing the risk of apprehension from interaction with other residents of the neighborhood.
Both the 'informed' and the 'shared' patient-physician decision-making models assume patients make rational choices based on a clear understanding of treatment options.
John Lloyd in the FT says televised leaders' debates do not help voters make rational choices.
We don't have a consumer who understands everything and makes rational choices -- and I include myself here.
(And in part to raise revenue. I'm looking at you, Delaware).But we also make rational choices to accept certain low-severity, high-frequency risks.
