“We have to deal with this new type of threat in a way we haven’t yet defined. . . . With a low-probability, high-impact event like this . . . If there’s a one percent chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response.” IfsWayHelpingTermChanceDealsEventsHavensTypeWeaponsLowsPercentScientistTreatsImpactThreatResponseNuclearDefinedCertaintyAlsNuclear WeaponsProbabilityAl Qaeda Author:Dick Cheney
“Everyone here would die for the sake of truth. Everyone here lies constantly for the tiniest chance of personal gain. This is what it means to be a scientist.” MeanLyingDiesChanceGainsScientistSakePersonal Gain Author:Greg Egan
“One reason citizens, politicians and university donors sometimes lack confidence in the social sciences is that social scientists too often miss the chance to declare victory and move on to new frontiers.” SometimesReasonMovingSocialChanceMissingVictoryCitizensPoliticianScientistUniversityFrontiersSocial ScienceDonorsNew Frontiers Author:Nicholas A. Christakis
“Scientists with access to data from Navy submarines traversing underneath the North polar ice cap have warned that there is now a 75 percent chance that within five years the entire ice cap will completely disappear during the summer months.” YearsChanceFiveMonthsSummerPercentScientistDisappearAccessIceDataFive YearsNavyCapsSubmarines Author:Al Gore
“When it was suggested to Pasteur that many of his great achievements depended on luck, he replied - I'm sure with more than a little irritation - 'In the field of observation in science, fortune only favours the prepared mind.' It is not by chance that it is always the great scientists who have the luck.” MindLittlesChanceFieldsAchievementScientistLuckFortunePreparedObservationFavourIrritationGreat AchievementGreat ScientistPasteur Book:The Unnatural Nature of Science Source: The Unnatural Nature of Science