“...If peace were the goal of today's intellectuals, a failure of that magnitude -- and the evidence of unspeakable suffering on so large a scale -- would make them pause and check their statist premises. Instead, blind to everything but their hatred for capitalism, they are now asserting that 'poverty breeds wars' ... But the question is: What breeds poverty? If you look a the world of today and if you look back at history, you will see the answer: the degree of a country's freedom is the degree of its prosperity.” IfsWorldLooksWarCountryTodaySufferingGoalAnswersPovertyDegreesEvidenceCapitalismHatredBlindProsperityScalesChecksPausesPremisesMagnitudeUnspeakable Author:Ayn Rand
“Keep the faith...that the best is yet to come. Keep the faith that the next extraordinary version of you is being crafted even now...that nothing can deter you from keeping your commitment to achieving your goals set for today...that you can better your best! Keep the faith. Move forward in spite of your fears and despite any evidence to the contrary. Believe that IT'S POSSIBLE!!” BelieveTodayMovingNextGoalAchieveEvidenceCommitmentExtraordinaryContraryVersionsMoving ForwardDespiteSpiteKeep The FaithAchieving Your GoalsKeep BelievingBest Is Yet To Come Author:Les Brown
“The indispensability argument seeks to assimilate the epistemology of metaphysical statements to the epistemology of statements that are obviously empirical. I think it fails to achieve this goal. The argument does not refute the Carnapian thesis that scientific theories and metaphysical claims differ epistemologically - observations can provide evidence for the former, but not for the latter.” ThinkingDoeGoalFailingAchieveTheoryEvidenceArgumentClaimsStatementsObservationFormerLatterMetaphysicalEpistemologyThesisScientific Theory Author:Elliott Sober
“Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth. The evidence is incontrovertible. The contrast between West and East Berlin is the latest demonstration, like a laboratory experiment for all to see. Yet those who are loudest in proclaiming their desire to eliminate poverty are loudest in denouncing capitalism. Man's well-being is not their goal.” MenWellsEarthDesireGoalKnownLibertyPovertyEconomicHighestStandardsEvidenceCapitalismWestEastLibertarianExperimentsWell BeingContrastLibertarianismLaboratoryDemonstrationBerlinStandards Of LivingProclaimingEast Berlin Book:Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal Source: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
“It takes a trained and discerning researcher to keep the goal in sight, and to detect evidence of the creeping progress toward it.” ScienceGoalProgressResearchEvidenceSightResearchersDiscerning Author:John Charles Polanyi
“It is the desire for explanations that are at once systematic and controllable by factual evidence that generates science; and it is the organization and classification of knowledge on the basis of explanatory principles that is the distinctive goal of the sciences.” ScienceDesireGoalPrinciplesKnowledgeEvidenceOrganizationAccountsBasesExplanationSystematicDistinctiveFactualClassification Author:Ernest Nagel
“Pharmacogenomics holds great promise to shed scientific light on the often risky and costly process of drug development, and to provide greater confidence about the risks and benefits of drugs in specific populations. Pharmacogenomics is a new field, but we intend to do all we can to use it to promote the development of medicines. By providing practical guidance on how to turn the explosion of pharmacogenomic information into real evidence on new drugs, we are taking an important step toward that goal.” ImportantRealUseLightTurnsProcessGoalStepsGreaterRiskInformationFieldsDevelopmentPromiseDrugBenefitsEvidenceMedicinePopulationPracticalsGuidanceProvidingShedExplosions Author:Mark McClellan
“I believe that teaching is a creative art in which evidence based knowledge is applied toward meeting the learning goals of learners. I believe that effective teaching is often the spark that ignites the imagination, possibility, and promise for learners, including the teacher.” BelieveArtI BelieveGoalImaginationCreativeTeacherTeachingPossibilityPromiseEvidenceMeetingsIncludingSparksLearnersIgniteCreative ArtEffective Teaching Author:Barbara Paterson