“With so much evidence of depleting natural resources, toxic waste, climate change, irreparable harm to our food chain and rapidly increasing instances of natural disasters, why do we keep perpetuating the problem? Why do we continue marching at the same alarming beat?” ProblemNaturalWasteBeatsEvidenceResourcesClimateClimate ChangeHarmDisasterInstanceChainsToxicNatural ResourcesNatural DisasterFood ChainPerpetuatingIrreparableToxic WasteIrreparable Harm Author:Yehuda Berg
“Legal doctrine requiring a showing of evidence of racist intent and a narrow chain of causation has made it very difficult to prove in court that a person or group is experiencing racism because the standards are too narrow and too focused on individual intentions.” PersonsMadeIndividualDifficultGroupsProveRacismStandardsEvidenceCourtIntentionFocusedDoctrineChainsMade ItRacistCausation Author:Dean Spade
“Science has long been in the value business. Despite a widespread belief to the contrary, scientific validity is not the result of scientists abstaining from making value judgments; rather, scientific validity is the result of scientists making their best efforts to value principles of reasoning that link their beliefs to reality, through reliable chains of evidence and argument.” LongRealityValuesBeliefResultsEffortJudgmentEvidenceArgumentScientistContraryDespiteChainsReasoningLinksObjectivityValidityBest EffortAbstaining Author:Sam Harris
“You don't get to cut that chain of evidence and start over. You're always going to be pursued by your data shadow, which is forming from thousands and thousands of little leaks and tributaries of information.” LittlesCuttingInformationEvidenceShadowChainsDataOver YouPursuedStarting OverLeaks Author:Bruce Sterling
“He read reports, examined evidence, and poured more reports up the chain than the Pentagon could read. Nothing short of a human sieve. But in the end he was just one small piece on this game board called war. End of story” HumansWarEndsStoriesGamesPiecesEvidenceChainsBoardsJust OneReportsPentagonSmall Pieces Book:Bone Man's Daughters Source: Bone Man's Daughters