You can list a thousand wholly rational reasons as to why this man should not be this wealthy and argue that Tesla stock’s ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Amid talk of a frothy, overpriced U.S. stock market, Goldman Sachs has come up with a way to make its point that the current rally on Wall Street is being driven by “rational” exuberance, not a ...

When you hear the words "rational" and "irrational," they might bring to mind the relentlessly analytical Spock in "Star Trek." If you're a mathematician, however, you probably think of ratios between ...

On occasion, we all make questionable decisions and reach incorrect assumptions. Often, this is due to cognitive biases - built-in tendencies that we all share. Many social psychologists believe ...

FOR believers in rationality, the modern world is often a frustrating and bewildering place. Despite the many and manifest successes of science, it seems ever harder to penetrate the fog of ...

In HIERARCHY, DISAGREEMENT, AND FOOD POLITICS food economist Jayson Lusk discusses Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and a modification or application by Ellyn Satter. Satter conceptualizes a hierarchy of ...

No doubt you know several folks with perfectly respectable IQs who just don’t seem all that sharp. The behavior of such people tells us that we are missing something important by treating intelligence ...

Steven Pinker’s new bestseller, “Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters,” is filled with riddles and quizzes and problems to ponder. Reading it, I bombed on every single one. The ...