irrational
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So successful was he at it that NBC recently turned one of his books into a whole TV show, a detective thriller called The Irrational whose main character is loosely based on Ariely himself.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2023
Irrational numbers include, for example, the square root of 2, whose decimal representation is infinite without ever repeating.
From Scientific American • May 23, 2023
It is based not just on extreme authority and emotionalism, but a cultivation and worship of the Irrational.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2023
“It’s not without cost, but I find that the people who are the most experienced at Irrational tend to be the most comfortable with throwing stuff away.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2022
Under the influence of Ibsen, Shaw in his preface to a new edition of his novel The Irrational Knot laid down an interesting distinction between literature of the first and of the second order.
From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert
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