“The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not.” DangerousIgnoranceIntelligentFormerLatterPretenseTeachable Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“I don't apologize for my behavior anymore. Whatever I do or don't do shouldn't matter. Moral certainty is dangerous. Moral certainty is what makes people go to war unnecessarily and illegally. Morality, as any halfway intelligent human being would tell you, is a very subjective thing.” PeopleHumansWarMatterHuman BeingsMoralDangerousMoralityBehaviorIntelligentCertaintyApologizingSubjectiveHalfway Author:Steve Coogan
“People are mostly sane enough, of course, in the affairs of common life: the getting of food, shelter, and so on. But the moment they attempt any depth or generality of thought, they go mad almost infallibly. The vast majority, of course, adopt the local religious madness, as naturally as they adopt the local dress. But the more powerful minds will, equally infallibly, fall into the worship of some intelligent and dangerous lunatic, such as Plato, or Augustine, or Comte, or Hegel, or Marx.” PeopleMindEnoughMomentsFallCoursesReligiousPowerfulCommonDangerousWorshipMadnessIntelligentDressesMadMajorityDepthAffairLocalsSaneShelterPlatoLunaticGeneralitiesHegelAugustineCommon LifePowerful Mind Author:David Stove
“I discovered that the most dangerous mask is the one worn by intelligent people because they are clever at their disguise.” PeopleDangerousDangerIntelligentCleverMaskWornDisguise Author:Ala Bashir
“It is a modern tragedy that one of the Soviet Union's most intelligent and realistic leaders has served and died during the administration of the most ill-informed and dangerous man ever to occupy the White House.” MenWarHouseWhiteLeaderModernDangerousColdTragedyDiedIntelligentUnionsIllAdministrationWhite HouseRealisticSovietCold WarSoviet UnionDangerous ManModern Tragedy Author:George McGovern
“A lot of movies about artificial intelligence envision that AIs will be very intelligent but missing some key emotional qualities of humans and therefore turn out to be very dangerous.” HumansTurnsQualityDangerousMissingEmotionalKeysIntelligentArtificial IntelligenceArtificial Author:Ray Kurzweil
“I think the smart people will get even smarter, and the dumb people will get even dumber. But I think they all will enjoy A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila, no matter how you slice it. You know, we keep eating it up. Some of the most intelligent people I know cannot get enough of it. That's a dangerous thing.” PeopleThinkingEnoughEnjoyDangerousEatingSmartIntelligentDumbSmart PeopleTequilaDumb People Author:Joel McHale