Sentence examples for mostly rational from inspiring English sources

Shelby is simply a rational man applying a (mostly) rational set of laws.

This makes their behaviour mostly rational and predictable and so, in theory at least, possible to take advantage of.

Before Kahneman and Tversky, people who thought about social problems and human behavior tended to assume that we are mostly rational agents.

My own view is that they are legitimate and mostly rational warnings of some of the risks that may, and in some cases would, follow from a yes vote.

Criminals are mostly rational actors (crimes of passion obviously don't apply), and when the costs are rapidly increasing (likelihood of getting caught) and the benefit (value of selling what you steal) rapidly decreasing, some types of crime will be all but eliminated.

Yes, I am aware that the Dutch, missing nationalism, machoism and being mostly very rational people (but with an emotional streak) and therefore have an easier task to accept changes in behavior, but nevertheless, the civilized world can learn.

Because adherence decisions are mostly a rational balance of perceived benefits versus burden [ 21], an assessment of patient experiences may improve the understanding of patients' behaviour towards antidepressant use.

The literature on transport engineering and economics deals with transportation planning mostly as a rational process based on the formulation and comparison of alternative options.

Despite much being known of the inflammatory factors that contribute to increased subconjunctival scar formation, the physical principles linking bleb properties to stable intra-ocular pressure and surgical success have not be clearly elucidated, and implant design has mostly lacked a rational design foundation.

Again, they are presented in highly rational, mostly economic, terms: attracting foreign currency, reducing the medical professional 'brain drain' of health workers and providing extra resources for investment into the local health system [ 48].

Some come other ways, and I'll take 'em any way I can, but mostly it's this rational, relentless pursuit.