“The strong appearance of design [in nature] allows a disarmingly simple argument: if it looks, walks and quacks like a duck, then, absent compelling evidence to the contrary, we have warrant to conclude it's a duck. Design should not be overlooked simply because it's so obvious.” IfsShouldLooksStrongSimpleWalksDesignEvidenceArgumentObviousAppearanceContraryDucksCompellingAbsentOverlookedWarrantsQuacksDesign In Nature Author:Michael Behe
“That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, or whose offence is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted.” MayPersonsFactsOughtEvidenceCommittedGrantedOfficersMessengersOffenceWarrants Author:George Mason
“If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. [...] The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion. So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants.” IfsThinkingWayMatterReasonUsedBeliefDifferencesOpinionEvidenceAngryContraryTheologyFinding YourselfSavagesPersecutionControversyExaminationArithmeticWarrantsDifferences Of Opinion Author:Bertrand Russell
“The word "truth" itself ceases to have its old meaning. It describes no longer something to be found, with the individual conscience as the sole arbiter of whether in any particular instance the evidence (or the standing of those proclaiming it) warrants a belief; it becomes something to be laid down by authority, something which has to believed in the interest of unity of the organized effort and which may have to be altered as the exigencies of this organized effort require it.” MayFoundIndividualBeliefInterestEffortParticularAuthorityConscienceEvidenceStandingUnityCeaseInstanceOrganizedSoleAlteredWarrantsProclaimingArbiter Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants.” BeliefDifferencesOpinionEvidenceAngryFinding YourselfExaminationWarrantsDifferences Of Opinion Book:Unpopular Essays Source: Unpopular Essays
“The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence.” CommonSituationCreatingEvidenceEuropeMovedTerrorismCombatPoolJointsWarrantsWar On Terrorism Author:John Bruton