Rational artificial intelligence sounds simple on paper: build systems that make sensible decisions based on goals, evidence, ...

When Aristotle claimed that humans differ from other animals because they have the ability to be rational, he understood rational to mean that we could form our views and beliefs based on evidence, ...

In a previous post, we considered three of seven "irrational" habits of highly rational people. Here we consider the remaining four, as well as some suggestions for distinguishing the genuinely ...

People tend to get highly emotional about issues they regard as matters of morality, and they generally attempt to avoid or even punish individuals they regard as immoral. The heated response to moral ...

To date we have taken apart the firm and examined where institutions offer no advantage over bargaining by individuals, or relying on the price mechanism. We have seen two early explanations for ...