Sentences with phrase «what rational person»

As he was passing by our table, I did what any rational person in my situation would have done — I grinned like a wide - eyed idiot at him, bobbing back and forth in my chair until he could no longer pretend not to notice me.

Reason for consternation: What rational person pays $ 100k for property that is only worth half that amount?

Although a coding bootcamp isn't ** technically ** a federal institution I did what any rational person would do and turned my new endeavor into a reason to go shopping.

I couldn't get them out of my head, so I did what any rational person would do, and went ahead and bought them (but it wasn't an impulse buy, you see).

What rational person thinking through the sequence of events above would think that he or she had what it took to win in 2020?

thank you for stating what any rational person would consider obvious (but these religious organizations do not)

They're doing what any rational person would do who wanted something but couldn't get it - won't let anybody else have it either.

He said, bluntly, what any rational person would have been thinking for years.

[DC: I don't usually permit these sorts of patently false accusations, but I'm permitting this rant this one time, so that folks can understand what rational people are up against.

Not exact matches

Sometimes we need to think outside the box to understand what drives people, and not just on a rational level.

FLANNERY: I think, fundamentally, you know, my belief is over time, people are rational about what is in their collective best interest.

Unlike some of the comments left on this subject, I would hope that intelligent, rational people would listen and make their own decision as to what they believe, that is the freedom we have.

I have met God and know him and so have numerous people other people I have talked to so my rational thought is telling me to go with what I know is true.

The problem is that very few people what to have this rational discussion — they want to have an emotional arguement and play a game of «my god is better / kinder / bigger / badder than your god.

If you wish to convince any rational person of the validity of your bible, you'll have to come up with a little bit more than what you've got.

Who cares what Jesus would think, honestly... Any rational person doesn't think this way, why does the media even entertain this rediculous thought process of religion?

This is why arguments about what god wants are as discredited as arguments about who people were in their last life or what Xenu wants amongst the rational.

What you say does nothing to invalidate my point, which is that when people believe in the supernatural they'll attribute phenomenon in the real world to with even though they have no rational reason to do so.

This does not mean that a person can not have a rational understanding of Christianity or of what the Bible teaches apart from the illumination of his or her mind by the Spirit.

Before telling me, like most christians do, that I don't know what I speak of, do note that as a Recovering christian I have a very good idea as to what I speak of and any rational minded person see's the belief for the true horror it is.

What most rational people want is equality that is not defined by YOUR religious beliefs!

But as a person is an individual ofrational nature, what makes us rational?

Boy, with rational thinking, you can do what many religious people have done!

That such people have any rational basis for their skepticism is out of the question, of course, and Dawkins tells us exactly what to think of them: «It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid, or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that).»

While you are free to believe in fairy tales and imaginary babysitters that read your mind, rational people will dismiss that nonsense for what it is.

No rational, decent person gives a damn what your «observation» has been.

In deciding what enhancements to make generally available, it make sense to say, Mehlman goes on, that «The government decision - maker might look to John Rawls» notion of «primary goods» — those that every rational person should want.»

Why not be realistic and rational and realise that all you believe is just as deluded as what the people you obviously despise (Christians, Muslims, and others) believe and get over it?

Ben, perhaps what you are really getting at is that when people try to bring their religious «beliefs» into what ought to be a rational political discussion, either their religious «beliefs», or the rational character of the political discussion, or, unhappily, both, end up on the losing end.

All of these approaches are valid and rational and reasonable, and based on the fact that this man's actions are inconsistent both with the non-religious person's experiences, and what the non-religious person sees the vast majority of religious people doing, we can say that this man was most likely delusional.

Rational people have faith in what they observe, not what they have been indoctrinated to believe.

What you see as hate from atheists is the expression rational thought by people who don't believe in religious voodoo.

What if he sends people who believe anything to hell and those who are rational to heaven.

We can also see what the pessimists mean when they argue that technological reason in its quest for rational efficiency tends to reduce people to a cog in the social machine.

In this, consciousness can be considered a derivative power of the human person, an active power arising from the rational an object, a what but also a subject, a who, and primarily so 6 principle of the human soul.

The only * proof * a rational person needs to understand that there is no «God» is the fact that no one can rationalize what «God» is.

I found myself begging her to be rational, to say what she thinks, to stand up to people who were harming her.

I like to think of myself as a fairly rational individual, which is why what has and is going on at Arsenal confounds me... little wonder people have gone so far as to suggest that Wenger is actually sabotaging the club... one only needs to look at our starting 11 to stoke the flames of conspiracy... just think of the perceived importance of this game, considering the loss to Stoke, the historically significance of the two teams involved, the controversy that swirled around our two meetings last season, the proximity to the closing of the window and the general disdain being directed towards the manager once again... how is it even possible that you wouldn't come to Anfield with all guns blazing... not a single shot on target, with the back - up keeper in no less... where were the new signings?

What rational, logical people do is take all the information and try to make sense of it.

What we do know is that it includes people who no rational person would consider an extremist.

We at Queens - Politics think that Christine Quinn should step down as Speaker and from the City Council for what any normal rational person would consider public policy child abuse.

Late 18th century Italian criminologist and economist Cesare Beccaria publishes an essay called «On Crimes and Punishments,» which would form the basis of what's called rational choice theory: People will act in their own best interest.

In what Fortune magazine described as «typical Buffet: rational, original, breaking the mold of how extremely rich people donate money,» the world's second richest man is giving away 85 percent of his wealth, most of it to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

«To be an entrepreneur, you have to be rational and yet incredibly optimistic, and see what people are not seeing.»

Hope to meet someone special here... Lets see what happens... Looking for honest, respectful, kind hearted person... Someone who knows how to be fair, reasonable and rational... They want me to keep writing more here....

So many millions of people had faithfully invested in the efficient, rational market: what happened to it?

He said this of his results: «Traditionally, economists have had the underlying view that people are hyper - rational and are trying to maximize their happiness (what economists call utility).

Larry Swedroe is the author of Wise Investing Made Simple (2007), The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You'll Ever Need (2005), What Wall Street Doesn't Want You to Know (2000), Rational Investing in Irrational Times — How to Avoid the Costly Mistakes Even Smart People Make Today (2002), and The Successful Investor Today: 14 Simple Truths You Must Know When You Invest (2003), and co-author of The Only Guide to a Winning Bond Strategy You'll Ever Need (2006)(All Affiliate Links).

And if that's true of a rational person, what would Joker do?

And it's quite difficult to apply rational thought to it: — RRB - I think most people have had the experience of having been in a situation, or had a conversation, then hours or days later realizing that «Oh, THAT's what I should have said / done.»