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    Lord of the Flies has been called an allegory about society’s failings because the boys try to force order on their irrationality and become evil because of it (Fitzgerald and Kayser 78). Piggy is consistently told “you shut up” when he presents the group with a piece of wisdom about the possibility of them having evil inside (Thapliyal and Kunwar 87). Jack uses his mask

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    society. Intelligence also contains its flaws and errors. Humans because of our humane qualities can very irrational. Irrationality is a major flaw of intelligence; humans want to always maximize everything to its highest potential‚ but doing so has major consequences. Our creativity and curiosity allows humans to create magnificent and amazing inventions‚ but the flaw of irrationality negates such creation because they lack control. The possibility of an accident is increased when there is no control

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    would qualify them for a mental disorder. The Six Elements Butcher‚ Monika‚ & Hooley (2010) outline the primary elements of abnormal behavior as suffering‚ maladaptiveness‚ deviancy‚ violations of standards of society‚ social discomfort‚ and irrationality and unpredictability. The elements are premised as a “prototypical model” for a guide and explained that no singular element is sufficient (p. 4). Applying the elements to the information provided‚ an assessment of abnormality is determined.

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    Efficiency of Stock Market According to Andrei Shleifer‚ Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) does not require that every investor be fully rational‚ however‚ investor required to have rational expectations. Efficient market hypothesis has the following implications for investor: Rationality It assumes that investors act rationality. It means that everyone in the stock market will adjust their expectation on the stock price in a rational way after new information announced. Independent Deviations

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    magical effects of two different flowers how irrational love can make people. The characters under the effects of the magic flower‚ Demetrius‚ Queen Titania‚ and Lysander ‚ fall in and out of love throughout the events of the story and show great irrationality. The Athenian Duke Theseus states when being told of these

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    Chapter 2 Crowd Behaviour The existing literature on crowd behaviour involves a variety of definitions‚ descriptions‚ views and explanations. Several of them will be addressed in this chapter to lay the groundwork for the definition‚ focus and aspects that are considered necessary to proceed in understanding crowd behaviour. Crowd behaviour is the behaviour that is conducted by individuals who gather in a crowd. However‚ what is exactly meant when talking about crowds and their behaviour? In everyday

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    all things are numbers. It was in reality a Pythagorean philosopher Hippasus who was able to demonstrate the irrationality of the square root of 2. The legend is that after doing so he was killed by other Pythagoreans who were scared and frantic by the thought of an irrational number. Pythagoras’ follower most likely used a geometrical proof when he was first discovering the irrationality of the square root of two. This proof uses Pythagoras’ theorem that in a right triangle‚ a2 + b2 = c2 . If a=1

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    Style Analysis English Honors 1 30 April 2012 The Secrets Behind The Secret Life of Bees Novelist Sue Monk Kidd in her book The Secret Life of Bees illustrates Lily Owens’ journey as she overcomes the irrationalities of racism‚ discovers the power of the female community‚ and defines the importance of storytelling. Kidd’s purpose is to convey that even though society might drag a person down‚ the person still has someone who believes in them. She also wants people to be able to understand how

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    The Talented Mr. Ripley Insanity is a behavior that is often judged by our society. If one behaves in a manner that contradicts the societal norm‚ he is ostracized for his inappropriate actions. Insanity however is not to be confused with irrationality. Tom Ripley’s many immoral acts‚ namely‚ murder‚ forgery‚ and deceit could be perceived as insane; however‚ when one takes into consideration the calculated motives behind them‚ it is evident that they are merely irrational. Tom’s irrational‚ yet

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    The Issues The radio program draws an overall picture of the subprime mortgage crisis‚ how the subprime market was created‚ how the crisis happened‚ what were the result and its impact. (See appendix A - my summary of the case) The primary issues in this case are: why did the Wall Street bankers blindly trust that the risky mortgages were good assets to invest into? And why did everyone involved allow the whole thing to go this far? The Analysis The Wall Street bankers ignored the fact that

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