I'd say a lack of skepticism at this level is actually a sign
of irrational belief in the ability to predict what can't be predicted.
On another note if I make up my own stupid,
irrational belief system do I get to write about it on the front page of a «news» site too?
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.
Sometimes, as in the use of bleeding as a treatment for various diseases,
irrational belief did harm to a large number of human victims.
The 9/11 terrorists had just delivered a devastating and violent example of
what irrational beliefs can drive people to do.
It is designed to assist school staff to help students learn positive mental health concepts, whereby they learn to
overcome irrational beliefs, negative feelings, and the negative consequences that may result.
If your «loving» god wants to condemn me to eternal torture because I feel it necessary to separate truth from falsehood in a rational way, if he expects strong belief but remains intentionally HIDDEN from humans and our 5 senses (thus expecting
irrational belief as a condition of eternal life), if he chooses to condemn the 67 % of this world which is non-christian to be tortured forever, then he doesn't deserve worship in the first place.
Rational emotive behaviour therapy focuses on uncovering
irrational beliefs which may lead to unhealthy negative emotions and replacing them with more productive rational alternatives.
we're human... we're irrational to the core... nothing you can do about it unless you want to become inhuman... don't
like irrational beliefs?
That would actually be one of the kinder ways to describe a person who believes that other people deserve to be punished for ever just because they don't share the
same irrational belief system.
========== Atheists are on this board all day every day with one basic message: «people that believe in the God of Abraham are stupid» (the nice version is «people that believe in God are engaging in holding rational and
irrational beliefs simultaneously, but we wont call them «stupid»)», and you never see this kind of outpouring of incensed righteous indignation from Christians.
She created the contemporary cult of homebirth, brews the kool - aid and accepts no responsibility, indeed refuses to acknowledge, the many babies who have died as a result of her bizarre and
proudly irrational beliefs.
Part of what's behind this
seemingly irrational belief may lie in what's called implicit social cognition — the deep - rooted assumptions we all carry around, and may act on without realizing it.
Illustrators Ireland present a wonderful new group exhibition examining the world of
irrational beliefs featuring works from 40 leading Illustrators, including PJ Lynch, Steve Simpson and Children's Laureate Niamh Sharkey,
Clients are often taught how to more effectively relax, how to fashion realistic goals from their own needs and desires, how to journal to promote emotional growth, how to compartmentalize grief, how to confront and replace
automatic irrational beliefs, how to use autosuggestion for shifting emotions, how to manage situational cues to influence their emotional states, and many other self - management strategies.
The author of this article shows
how irrational beliefs can be disputed and replaced with alternative mind - sets that foster healthy adjustment.
«I belive that unconscious thoughts, as well as negative or
irrational beliefs play a dominate part in the problems we face in our lives.
My therapeutic approach consists of
examining irrational beliefs and behavioral patterns, focusing on client - strengths, practicing mindfulness and emotional regulation, and utilizing creative activities such as play and arts.»
In particular, puppets and stuffedanimals can be very helpful in modeling the use of cognitive strategies such as
countering irrational beliefs and making positive self - statements.
Watts»
irrational belief songs proved so popular that some of his colleagues encouraged him to submit the songs for publication in the Texas Counseling Association's academic journal.
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.
In a study of 118 male and female college students, people who had either the anxious - ambivalent or avoidant attachment styles also had
more irrational beliefs about their relationship than those with a secure adult attachment style.
Adjective checklist significantly predicted impostor phenomenon above and beyond irrational beliefs
An individual may also be given homework to practice self - talk or guided imagery to deal
with irrational beliefs or old feelings of shame that are intruding into the relationship.
In addition to
holding irrational beliefs in man - made supernatural tribal mtyhs created by crazed desert dwellers centuries ago, you are wrong on a couple of other points.
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?
In his list, his original list, of
irrational beliefs in which, I think, he kind of emphasized more the concept of rigidity, absolutism, and the like later on.
The theory base most utilized is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy where the therapist and adolescent identify the adolescent's
irrational belief systems that influence negative feelings about him / herself and consequently often provoke negative behavior.
Good point... I have always been annoyed by the religious hijacking of the word «truth» to help provide a false buttress
for irrational beliefs.