I am very happy to live in a place in which rationality and compassion thrive. Colorado legislated the first extensive capitalistic medical marijuana laws this past summer. Local communities were ...

Emotion, not rationality, rules our world – something policymakers should learn. So says David Brooks, who uses fiction to illustrate cognitive science It came from covering policy failures as a ...

In a previous post, we considered three of seven "irrational" habits of highly rational people. Here we consider the remaining four, as well as some suggestions for distinguishing the genuinely ...

Many people take pride in describing themselves as rational. They see it as evidence of discipline, intelligence, and emotional maturity. In professional settings, especially, rationality is treated ...