'And now, looking back, I guess I had an irrational amount of confidence.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12225711/Mr-Titanics-stepson-planned-tell-explorer-deep-sea-adventures-death.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

A phobia is usually classified as an irrational or illogical fear of something.

Source: https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2023/06/13/the-morning-briefing-pride-month-week-two-were-clearly-not-being-phobic-enough-n1702745

But underneath his seemingly normal exterior, Orion is a ball of adolescent anxiety, completely consumed by irrational fears of bees, dogs, the ocean, cell phone waves, murderous gutter clowns, and even falling off of a cliff.

Source: https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1295711-orion-and-the-dark-photos-dreamworks-netflix-movie

By creating a positive context around public speaking, it begins the process of enabling a person to overcome an otherwise irrational fear by rationalizing it.

Source: https://www.voicemagazine.org/2023/10/06/mastering-the-public-arts/

By the mid-17th century, the word had acquired its current meaning of “random, irrational, capricious, injudicious.”

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/07/16/israeli-counterterrorism-is-not-arbitrary/

California is an outlier because of its high level of hoplophobia (the irrational fear of weapons), its anti-2nd Amendment and anti-gun bias, and its bigotry against law-abiding gun owners and people who wish to become gun owners.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2023-08-31/letters-to-the-editor-could-the-2nd-amendments-framers-imagine-the-racist-rampage-in-florida

Can we trust our brains if it evolved from impersonal forces, not to mention irrational and random processes?

Source: https://thegarlandtexan.com/god-and-our-brains/

During this time, AIEQ could showcase its unique strategy that serves to eliminate the biases and emotions that contribute to irrational stock picking within humans.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4592102-aieq-unique-strategy-but-not-enough-history-prove-effectiveness?source=feed_all_articles

Electorate after electorate has fallen victim to a string of self-serving narcissists prepared to exploit irrational fears, issue empty promises and bend, ignore or break the law in blatant pursuit of power and self-interest.

Source: https://www.libdemvoice.org/observations-of-an-expat-bad-week-for-populists-73373.html

He is known for making irrational decisions and carelessly employing the use of violence at the first opportunity.

Source: http://nigeriancurrent.com/2023/03/21/fire-guts-lace-fabrics-shops-in-onitsha-market/

How to bridge this slightly irrational gap?

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivahwittenbergcox/2023/10/27/employers-dont-care-if-you-have-5-or-25-years-experience-what-to-do/

I believe it’s irrational, silly, unconstitutional and nothing to be happy with.

Source: https://basquiatstrings.co.uk/kerala-india-ministers-tiger-cull-comment-sparks-row-bt-news

“I have an irrational fear of boredom,” Dench later told press.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/judi-dench-shakespeare-rapping-theroux-b2437632.html

“Instead, Meta and Instagram’s haphazard and irrational enforcement of their policies place undue hardships on the livelihoods of those in the adult industry, an already marginalised group.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/insta-restores-pornhub-account-in-error-for-few-hours-shuts-down-again/

Instead, the sanctions will push the regime to transform itself into its darkest state, create grounds for miscalculations, and decrease the competency of the bureaucracy, leading to irrational, mistaken choices.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-russian-elites-think-putins-war-is-doomed-to-fail

In the letter, the NPO said the regulations were irrational and that “a confused, inconsistent and misleading narrative” was being propagated by the government.

Source: https://caymannewsservice.com/2023/02/rules-on-invasive-species-gross-say-animal-activists/

It is then that sort of irrational state that leads to putting forth things like injection sites in St. Albert, which are very unlikely, regardless of what party is in power.

Source: https://albertapolitics.ca/2023/05/heckling-of-ndp-mla-at-st-albert-meeting-by-ucp-candidates-supporters-had-a-nasty-trumpian-tone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heckling-of-ndp-mla-at-st-albert-meeting-by-ucp-candidates-supporters-had-a-nast

It's completely irrational.

Source: https://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/community-voices/community-voices-the-visual-journey-of-hannah-douma/article_df7985fe-f100-11ed-8bdf-dbe1561d1423.html

Lady Reason, having got nowhere with a rational critique of irrational passion, becomes increasingly hysterical.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/13/opera-medieval-romances-by-kate-soper-and-richard-wagner

Ms Chrysanthou eventually said: 'The answer you just gave is illogical and irrational and contrary to human experience.'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12075403/Lisa-Wilkinson-Sue-Chrysanthou-board-inquiry-Shane-Drumgold.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490