“The cost of appearing with a bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me. Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics.” IfsStillsEnoughSeemsTrumpCostLowsEvidenceObviousAmerican PoliticsAppearingRedundantNet Worth Author:George Will
“The most dangerous thing you can do is to take any one impulse of your own nature and set it up as the thing you ought to follow at all costs. There is not one of them which will not make us into devils if we set it up as an absolute guide. You might think love of humanity in general was safe, but it is not. If you leave out justice you will find yourself breaking agreements and faking evidence in trials "for the sake of humanity", and become in the end a cruel and treacherous man.” IfsThinkingMenEndsMightHumanityCan DoJusticeDangerousOughtCostSafeDevilEvidenceAbsolutesSakeGuidesTrialsImpulseAgreementFinding YourselfDangerous ThingsTreacherous Book:Mere Christianity Source: Mere Christianity
“While gambling addiction can be a social justice reason for some to ban gambling, the economic evidence suggests that the social and economic costs of gambling are $3 to the taxpayers for every $1 in benefits” ReasonSocialJusticeEconomicCostBenefitsEvidenceSocial JusticeAddictionGamblingTaxpayersBans Author:John Warren Kindt
“There is good evidence that last year's European heat wave was influenced by global warming. It resulted in 26,000 premature deaths and cost $13.5bn.” YearsLastsEnergyEnvironmentCostDiseaseEvidenceClimate ChangeWaveBillionsHeatGlobal WarmingLast YearPrematurePremature DeathHeat Wave Author:Tony Blair
“A combination of very rapid population growth over the last 50 years and reckless economic growth during the same time has stored up massive problems for societies the world over. No nation is immune. The scientific evidence tells us all we need to know: carry on with business-as-usual growth-at-all-costs, and we're stuffed” KnowsWorldNeedsYearsProblemLastsNationsGrowthEconomicCostEvidencePopulationCombinationMassiveUsualRapidsRecklessEconomic GrowthImmunePopulation GrowthScientific Evidence Author:Jonathon Porritt