Prayer changes otherwise rational adults into believing in imaginary friends like many children do. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
On one side of the divide were the free market economists, who believe that we are all economically rational adults, governed by the law of supply and demand. (moneysense.ca)
So basically, I pulled the pin and tossed the grenade into the middle of a group of otherwise rational adults who, upon hearing an opinion that does not directly coincide with their own, completely lost their shit. (ilrdb.com)