“The significant contribution of empiricism was not the eradication of certainty, but the eradication of infallibility as a criterion of certainty. And this shift from infallibilism to fallibilism has profound consequences not only for toleration, but also for the subordination of faith to reason and theology to philosophy.” ReasonPhilosophyAtheismConsequenceProfoundPositive AtheismSignificantTheologyCertaintyContributionCriteriaTolerationEmpiricismSubordinationInfallibility Book:Why Atheism? Source: Why Atheism?
“On Earth Day I made a commitment to reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by the year 2000. And I asked for a blueprint on how to achieve this goal. In concert with all other nations, we simply must halt global warming. It is a threat to our health, to our ecology, and to our economy. I know that the precise magnitude and patterns of climate change cannot be fully predicted. But global warming clearly is a growing, long-term threat with profound consequences. And make no mistake about it, it will take decades to reverse.” KnowsYearsLongMadeEarthNationsGoalTermLevelsMistakeEconomyGrowingAchieveCommitmentConsequenceThreatProfoundClimateClimate ChangePatternsDecadesLong TermGlobal WarmingConcertsReverseEcologyPreciseEmissionsHaltMagnitudeEarth DayBlueprintsGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:William J. Clinton
“A leader is someone whose actions have the most profound consequences on other people's lives, for better or worse, sometime forever and ever.” PeopleActionLeaderForeverConsequenceProfound Book:An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change Source: An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change
“The brain is a stubborn organ. Once its primary set of beliefs has been established, the brain finds it difficult to integrate opposing ideas and beliefs. This has profound consequences for individuals and society and helps to explain why some people cannot abandon destructive beliefs, be they religious, political or psychological.” PeopleHelpingPoliticalIndividualBeliefDifficultReligiousBrainConsequenceProfoundPsychologicalAbandonStubbornIntegrating Author:Andrew B. Newberg
“Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the bedrock of Britain's defence for the last 60 years... I will not allow this to happen on my watch.” YearsHas BeensHappensLastsWatchesSecurityConsequenceStructureProfoundBritainAfghanistanNational SecurityDefenceAlliancesNatoBedrock Author:Bob Ainsworth
“Being Muslim has become synonymous with pointed questions, with tension and mistrust, even with conflict. It has become a global phenomenon with profound consequences for inter-communal relations, political rhetoric and policies at the local, regional, national and international level.” PoliticalLevelsPolicyConflictConsequenceRelationProfoundInternationalLocalsTensionPhenomenonRhetoricMistrustPolitical Rhetoric Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology with profound historical consequences is hay. ... It was hay that allowed populations to grow and civilizations to flourish among the forests of Northern Europe. Hay moved the greatness of Rome to Paris and London, and later to Berlin and Moscow and New York.” HumansScienceGrowsGrowthSimpleTechnologyEffectsNew YorkExampleGreatnessCivilizationConsequenceEuropeHorseMovedHistoricalProfoundPopulationLondonForestsHuman LifeParisRomeBerlinGood ExamplesMoscowHayMedieval Europe Author:Freeman Dyson
“Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.” PeopleMadeSufferingOpportunityLostPovertyMillionsPromiseDespairConsequenceProfoundIllnessLost Opportunity Author:Ban Ki-moon