‘Give it some thought’ might actually be bad advice.

These words, from Nelson Mandela, speak volumes about the difficulties we face in the often-fraught process of decision-making. A decision is essentially a choice. Whether that choice involves major, ...

The University of New Mexico fought to the bitter end against a simple sunshine law, wasting everyone’s time and money — all just to keep the number of guns its police own a secret (“Getting the ...

It was a Words with Friends chat that first gave Megan Phelps-Roper pause. People have a marked tendency to cling to past investments, whether financial, social, or emotional—even when it becomes ...

When a list of pros and cons won't cut it, a new decision-making tool developed by Cornell researchers can use artificial intelligence to help make difficult decisions. But there's a twist: Instead of ...

There is a disconnect between what we think happens when we make a decision and what actually happens in the brain during ...

This gentleman, running from the LA cops, misunderstood the sightlines and LAPD's love of helicopter surveillance. When his ingenious hiding place proved not so ingenious, he drove straight into ...

Poor choices often lead to good storytelling, but some of the dumbest decisions made by Harry Potter characters are just too frustrating to overlook. Throughout the fantasy franchise, there are ...

Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty. Yet, ironically, MAHA’s core concern—that the nation’s most seasoned public-health experts have been rendered senseless over many years by ...

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Smart leaders with vast data still make bad decisions. But others, under similar pressure, make game-changing ones. In 1982, Johnson & Johnson swiftly recalled 31 million bottles of Tylenol after ...