“Analogies and metaphors have often proved pivotal in expanding our thoughts both within and without science, and so one should not discourage the attempt to synthesize apparent opposites. However, citizens of the New Age often forget that, when they involve science, analogies should be tempered by experiment and calculation.” ThinkingShouldAgeForgetCitizensOppositesMetaphorExperimentsOur ThoughtsNew AgeExpandingDiscouragingCalculationsAnalogiesPivotal Author:Tony Rothman
“Our political process appears to be a toxic dance of mutually assured destruction that takes all the citizens down with you, and that can't be right. So I've prepared a little experiment.” LittlesPoliticalProcessCitizensDestructionPreparedExperimentsToxicAssuredMutually Assured Destruction Author:Tim Dorsey
“I am a big supporter of experiments to complement representative gov't with randomly selected representative bodies of citizens, sure. I think most Americans would be surprised to learn just how much better we are at gov't than our gov't.” ThinkingBodyBigsWould BeCitizensExperimentsRepresentativesSupporterSelectedComplement Author:Lawrence Lessig
“The time has come to end the deadly experiment of disarming peaceable, law-abiding citizens near schools.” EndsSchoolLawCitizensExperimentsAbidingDisarmingLaw Abiding Citizen Author:Steve Stockman
“Those who suffer from the abuse of drugs have themselves to blame for it. This does not mean that society is absolved from active concern for their plight. It does mean that their plight is subordinate to the plight of those citizens who do not experiment with drugs but whose life, liberty, and property are substantially affected by the illegalization of the drugs sought after by the minority.” MeanDoeSufferingLibertyCitizensDrugConcernAbuseBlamePropertyActiveExperimentsMinoritiesAffectedSubordinatesPlight Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.