Sentence examples for rational according from inspiring English sources

The commuting paradox reflects the notion that many people, who are supposedly rational (according to classical economic theory, at least), commute even though it makes them miserable.

Both are possible, but as explanations they leave something to be desired.Being irrational may even be rational, according to some rationalists.

And then there's the irrationality: "The commuting paradox reflects the notion that many people, who are supposedly rational (according to classical economic theory at least), commute even though it makes them miserable".

Given only what you know about this risk-avoiding person, plus the truth of expected-utility theory, you are forced to conclude that he will reject any 50-50 bet costing $100, regardless of the prize.Risk-aversion of this degree is literally insane yet rational, according to the theory.

Consequently, souls are termed either vegetative, sensitive, or rational, according to the functions that the living things themselves exercise.

This means that a player cannot know that her opponent will not choose an action at a state \(w\) which is deemed rational (according to some choice rule).

Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, in mathematics, the conjecture that an elliptic curve (a type of cubic curve, or algebraic curve of order 3, confined to a region known as a torus) has either an infinite number of rational points (solutions) or a finite number of rational points, according to whether an associated function is equal to zero or not equal to zero, respectively.

We are constantly reminded that tax avoidance is "perfectly legal" – rational even, according to some.

The most interesting observation is that patients don't make a rational choice according to the information given by the decision board, but mainly make an irrational choice based on the interpretation of the physician's intent.

Meanwhile echoes of running water, like rivulets from a continuous storm, along with wolf howls and the shrill cry pigs apparently emit before slaughter, are meant to harken back to memories below the conscious or rational surface, according to Mr. Plensa, for whom sounds have a material quality.

This harks back to Miss Rand's point, in "Atlas Shrugged," that the only proper functions of government, to protect man's rights, are the police department, the army and, "to settle disputes by rational rules, according to objective law," the courts.