Sentences with phrase «by irrational beliefs»

The greater fool theory states that the price of an object is determined not by its intrinsic value, but rather by irrational beliefs and expectations of market participants.

the entire planet is affected by the irrational belief systems of the various mainstream religions.

The entire planet is affected by the irrational belief systems of the various mainstream religions.

Finally, the entire planet is affected by the irrational belief systems of the various mainstream religions.

Not exact matches

That's why religions, and the beliefs they are built on are, by definition, irrational.

However, seriously underweight anorexic patients who see themselves as obese are not treated with weight - reducing liposuction by physicians who go along with their irrational belief.

It causes people to make irrational decisions and hold illogical opions that deny facts then those same people try to use their silly beliefs to pass laws that they want the rest of us to abide by.

Religious beliefs opposed to what Dr. Grobstein proposes are deemed by him to be irrational, especially if they are Roman Catholic or fundamentalist (he tends to conflate the two).

As another example, atheists have an irrational belief that the God of Abraham does nt exist, they have governments controlled by their atheists leaders (China, former Soviet Union), and an uneducated population living in poverty, and I'm not aware of them killing over 100million people in the past 100 years alone..

Good point... I have always been annoyed by the religious hijacking of the word «truth» to help provide a false buttress for irrational beliefs.

I don't talk about it a lot because rather than exploring belief and how I came to believe it, I generally just get bombarded by both atheists and Christians (primarily, though other theists have bashed me too) for being irrational and stupid and other less interesting insulting things.

But then we get group or herd mentality, often driven by irrational religious beliefs, and murdering someone in another group becomes permissible, if not highly encouraged.

@CSmith, I would have thought that by definition theists were the irrational ones in the sense that their beliefs are not based on reason and evidence, but on faith.

SOGI laws impose this orthodoxy by punishing dissent, and by treating as irrational the beliefs that men and women are biologically rooted and made for each other in marriage.

From Booker's Groupthink essay:» «Because their belief is ultimately only subjective, resting on shaky foundations, they then defend it only by displaying an irrational, dismissive hostility towards anyone daring to question it.»

This belief discourages constructive action, and can result in irrational acts by people in despair, individually, or as nations, willing to do anything to derail the juggernaut we are told is carrying us, inevitably, to destruction.

There is an irrational belief in the corruption of the world by big money headed by a shadowy cabal of Jews, or at least some big money bankers with hooked noses if you can't quite bring yourself to attack Jews.

And the work of the few who do, is biased by their ideological beliefs — e.g., advocating irrational policies to justify mandating and subsidising renewable energy and imposing carbon pricing schemes.

Unfortunately, it is blocked by ideological beliefs and irrational radiation phobia and has been for 50 years.

He likens the «climate change» issue to some of the other «irrational beliefs» promoted through history «by famous thinkers and adopted by loyal disciples.»

«Belief», because it's based by definition on «irrational» thought, tends to lead us to resist counter arguments.

Wouldn't it be better to do the rational analysis first, and then secondly consider the constraints that are caused by politics, public opinion, public paranoia about nuclear power and catastrophic climate change and irrational beliefs about what is best for the environment?

GM technologies have the potential for massive improvements in survival and food security of the worlds poor and I really wouldn't like to see these activities curtailed to suit the irrational beliefs about GM of some rich westerners — who aren't threatened by starvation.

They are not the irrational beliefs held by anti-scientific «deniers».

The tendency to have a negative secondary reaction to distress, measured by the Non-Acceptance scale of DERS, was strongly correlated with higher negative beliefs about emotions, in particular, with the belief that emotions are irrational.

The session introduced the need to plan ahead for «difficult» situations in which toddlers are likely to misbehave and offered alternatives to common «irrational beliefs» by parents that can lead to harsh parenting.

After irrational beliefs have been identified, the therapist will often work with the client in challenging the negative thoughts on the basis of evidence from the client's experience by reframing it, meaning to re-interpret it in a more realistic light.

Several practitioners have worked to integrate CBT into the Psychodramatic model by highlighting the ways CBT enhances psychodrama exercises (Boury, Treadwell, & Kumar, 2001, Treadwell, Kumar, & Wright 2004), adapting psychodrama to include the exploration of irrational beliefs (Kipper, 2002), and considering the way in which psychodrama could be considered a form of CBT (Baim, 2007; Fisher, 2007; Treadwell, Travaglini, Reisch, & Kumar, 2011; Wilson, 2009).