“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
“Some of the beliefs and legends bequethed to us by Antquity are so universally and firmly established that we have become accustomed to consider them as being almost as ancient as humanity itself. Nevertheless we are tempted to inquire how far the fact that some of these beliefs and legends have so many features in common is due to chance, and wether the similarity between them may not point to the exestience of an ancient, totally unknown and unsuspected civilization of which all other traces have disappeared.” MayFactsAmericaHumanityBeliefChanceCommonMissingTerribleCivilizationAncientDuesFormerFeaturesLegendsNeverthelessSiteAccustomedTemptedSimilarityStanleyMiss America Author:Frederick Soddy
“Marco Rubio announced he's running for president. Fun fact: Marco Rubio's wife is a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader. In other words, she knows how to generate fake enthusiasm for someone who's not going to win.” KnowsFactsRunningWinningFunPresidentKnow HowWifeEnthusiasmFormerFakeMiamiDolphinsMarcosCheerleaderMiami Dolphins Author:Conan O'Brien
“During a recent press conference, former President Jimmy Carter said he could never run for president today because he doesn't have a lot of money. Well, that and the fact that he's the famously bad president Jimmy Carter.” WellsSaidFactsRunningTodayPresidentPressesFormerLots Of MoneyConferencesJimmyCarterPress ConferencesPresident Jimmy Carter Author:Jimmy Fallon
“We can speculate on what's likely, but what's needed is an investigation. And speculation is no substitute for facts. As a former prosecutor, I prosecuted antitrust cases civilly. And I can say that antitrust investigations merit searching, penetrating scrutiny and investigation. That's what we need here.” NeedsI CanFactsCasesNeededFormerMeritSubstitutesInvestigationSpeculationScrutinyProsecutorAntitrust Author:Richard Blumenthal