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Foolishness is the inability or failure to act following reason due to lack of judgment, stupidity, stubbornness, etc. [1] The things such as impulsivity and/or influences may affect a person's ability to make reasonable decisions. [citation needed] Other reasons of apparent foolishness include naivety, gullibility, and credulity.
Ivar Nilsson as the Fool in a 1908 stage production of King Lear at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Sweden [5]. In his article "The Wisdom of the Fool", Walter Kaiser illustrates that the varied names and words people have attributed to real fools in different societies when put altogether reveal the general characteristics of the wise fool as a literary construct: "empty-headed (μάταιος ...
In Proverbs, the "fool" represents a person lacking moral behavior or discipline, and the "wise" represents someone who behaves carefully and righteously. The modern association of these words with intellectual capacity is not in the original context.
The tendency for some people, especially those with depression, to overestimate the likelihood of negative things happening to them. (compare optimism bias) Present bias: The tendency of people to give stronger weight to payoffs that are closer to the present time when considering trade-offs between two future moments. [110] Plant blindness
A St. Joseph couple who documented their breach of the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot — one later running for school board after pleading guilty — were sentenced Friday to 14 days of jail and ...
In honor of Worldwide Invest Better Day (WWIBD), we at The Motley Fool are recapping our "13 Steps to Investing Foolishly" — steps you can follow to become a better, more Foolish investor. In ...
The driving-force behind recklessness may be a need to test fate—an attempt to bolster a sense of omnipotence or of special privileges. [4]Or it may be due to a loss of the feeling of anxiety, [5] to a denial of it, [6] or to an attempt to overcompensate for it.
We're the "house," and someone else is the gambler. No. 2: We think long-term, even as we use short-term strategies. Jim: A common perception is that options are exclusively short-term vehicles.