defy reason

The result, defying reason, is to discourage one of the best routes to rehabilitation, higher education.

These beliefs defy reason, and that is their purpose.

His face had rearranged itself in a manner that defied reason.

Mountaineering is like a religious faith in one way, he said, because it defies reason.

Your position on this issue defies all logic and reason.

Such passivity from her was wrong in a way that defied reason.

The prosecutor summarizing the case against the four soldiers said their account defied reason.

While each plan should be judged on its own merits, those numbers defy reason.

Theirs was a dangerous attraction that defied logic or reason.

We accept the orders of our superiors when they defy reason.