We often make the distinction between rational and emotional thinking, contrasting rational and emotional as the two options that are fighting for which one is going to prevail and lead to better ...

I am drawing this reference from this article from someone who I look up to and admire – Dr. Roy Spencer. In the last 100 years, the amount of CO2 in the air has increased from three molecules per ...

It has long been debated whether animals’ abilities to remember specific events and solve problems are a result of rational decision-making or simply thoughtless reflexes controlled by the environment ...

The state agency responsible for “following the science” on COVID and other health care risks, has released a new climate science curriculum for high school students. Remarkably, the curriculum is ...

Making rational decisions is easier said than done. If there's one thing that the majority of individual investors have in common, it's the unfortunate propensity to buy high and sell low. And to make ...

“Scientism” is the belief that all we need to solve the world’s problems is, you guessed it, science. People sometimes sub in the phrase rational thinking, but it amounts to the same thing. If only ...

Many atheists think that their atheism is the product of rational thinking. They use arguments such as "I don't believe in God, I believe in science" to explain that evidence and logic, rather than ...

Since there is always potential risk when it comes to investing (actually, hundreds of risks), rational thinking and the knowledge that comes from it proves that hedging one’s bets is a very prudent ...

(The Conversation) — Just because you believe in evidence-based, scientific research – which is subject to strict checks and procedures – doesn’t mean that your mind works in the same way. Many ...