If you allow irrational ideas to become an acceptable part of modern society, then you should not surprised if that leads to problems. (politics.stackexchange.com)
Despite our postmodern sophistication and our wishful thinking about perfectibility, our nature is immutable — not least in its fickleness, its embrace of irrational ideas and practices, and its suggestibility. (firstthings.com)
Within Asia generally, there exists a strong cultural preference for sons, based on the not irrational idea that sons support their parents in old age and carry on the family name. (firstthings.com)