How uncertainty can impair our ability to make rational decisions – new research: When times are uncertain, we can fail to be flexible. jefftakespics2/Shutterstock We make decisions every day, many of which are so straightforward that we hardly notice we are making them. But we tend to struggle when faced with decisions that have uncertain …
Science changes — and so should rational behaviour: As the pandemic has progressed, so has scientists' understanding of why masks matter and how best to protect against COVID. James D. Morgan/Getty Images The world around us, and the way researchers study and understand it, changes all the time. The constant change means that what we …
South Africa in the news: Interview: DA’s Steenhuisen sets his sights on the ‘rational centre’ and targets 24% support in upcoming poll: The DA’s magic number is 24 – as in 24% support nationally in the 2021 municipal poll when, for the first time, the party is fielding a candidate in every ward. Much is …
South Africa in the news: Interview: DA’s Steenhuisen sets his sights on the ‘rational centre’ and targets 24% support in upcoming poll: The DA’s magic number is 24 – as in 24% support nationally in the 2021 municipal poll when, for the first time, the party is fielding a candidate in every ward. Much is …
John Maynard Keynes: unusually for an economist, he did not think people were very rational: When people think of John Maynard Keynes, who died 75 years ago on April 21, they probably think of his ideas about economic demand and how government spending is essential to emerge from a recession. England’s most famous economist is …
Feelings: what’s the point of rational thought if emotions always take over?: Tom wants you to have the apple. Yuriy Maksymiv I have long sought to make radical changes to my life, such as leaving a toxic workplace and losing weight. Yet I never get around to it. I am scared to leave work and …