“Ronald Reagan is the first modern President whose contempt for the facts is treated as a charming idiosyncrasy.” FirstsFactsPresidentModernTreatedContemptCharmingIdiosyncrasies Author:James David Barber
“Social science and humanities ... have a mutual contempt for one another, the former looking down on the latter as unscientific, the latter regarding the former as philistine. ... The difference comes down to the fact that social science really wants to be predictive, meaning that man is predictable, while the humanities say that he is not.” MenWantFactsHumanitySocialDifferencesFormerLatterMutualContemptPredictableSocial ScienceLooking DownPhilistines Author:Allan Bloom
“Contempt for science could perhaps depend on the fact that, science hasn't been able to solve any of our basic problems, for example the environmental pollution or the problems with HIV and AIDS. This is the worst disease of our time, and scientists are lost. I believe that many people are disappointed with science when the answers we need are not delivered.” PeopleNeedsBelieveFactsProblemAbleLostI BelieveAnswersWorstExampleDependsDiseaseScientistEnvironmentalSolveAidsOur TimeDisappointedContemptPollutionHivEnvironmental Pollution Author:Bjorn Ulvaeus