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.

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

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 ...

The Tree of Emotions, Desires, and Attitudes. Cladogram developed for the emergence of emotions, desires, attitudes Source: Garanc/Creative Commons 4.0 Have you ever been in a meeting, about to make a ...

Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and author of Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do, responds The short answer is yes: you can learn to ...

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 ...

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 ...