How a decision affects financial confidence, risk tolerance, long-term stability and emotional stress might not show up on a spreadsheet, but those things matter too.

Some ideas are so potent as to be world-changing. For Rodney Stark, Christianity encompasses just such a set of ideas. In his view, Christian beliefs and images of God shaped the course of Western ...

Rational artificial intelligence sounds simple on paper: build systems that make sensible decisions based on goals, evidence, and logic. Yet ...

You prefer apples to oranges, but cherries to apples. Yet if I offer you just cherries and oranges, you take the oranges. That does necessarily mean you're crazy, according to a new study published in ...

Experimental psychology has shown differences between predictions of theory of decision and human choices. Emotions like regret can partly explain these differences. Neuroimagery used in combination ...

It’s not uncommon to hear that being “emotional” is the opposite of being “rational.” For many people, the idea of rationality evokes images of a person engaging in intelligent, calculated ...

Though alluring, the idea of analyzing Mexico‘s drug cartels based on economic principles may be a false hope for policymakers, giving the false idea that these groups’ actions can be explained and ...

So many choices. Good choices and irrational options. How do you get to work? Do you drive? Is that rational based on climate change? Probably not. But is it rational based on your possible choices?