“The most fundamental attack on freedom is the attack on critical thinking skills.” ThinkingSkillsFundamentalsCriticalCritical Thinking Author:Travis Nichols
“The most fundamental principle of the organized mind, the one most critical to keeping us from forgetting or losing things, is to shift the burden of organizing from our brains to the external world.” WorldMindForgetBrainPrinciplesLosingFundamentalsBurdenCriticalOrganizedFundamental PrinciplesLosing ThingsOrganized Mind Author:Daniel Levitin
“The most fundamental attack on freedom is the attack on critical thinking skills. Comments display our universal failure to teach and value critical thinking, leaving the possibility open that both everything and nothing could be true.” ThinkingValuesTeachPossibilitySkillsUniversalFundamentalsLeavingCriticalBeing TrueCommentDisplayCritical Thinking Author:Travis Nichols
“While the machinery of law enforcement and indeed the nature of crime itself have changed dramatically since the Fourth Amendment became part of the Nation's fundamental law in 1791, what the Framers understood then remains true today - that the task of combating crime and convicting the guilty will in every era seem of such critical and pressing concern that we may be lured by the temptations of expediency into forsaking our commitment to protecting individual liberty and privacy.” MaySeemsTodayLawIndividualNationsLibertyCrimeChangedUnderstoodCommitmentConcernTasksFundamentalsRemainsCriticalTemptationGuiltyErasPrivacyAmendmentsFourthLaw EnforcementEnforcementMachineryIndividual LibertyExpediencyFramersFourth Amendment Author:William J. Brennan
“I did think Justice [Antony] Kennedy's opinion on Lawrence was critical to that because it really, what Lawrence in one sense was, of course, about consensual sex being something that the government can't regulate. But really in a more fundamental sense, what it was saying, "Look. Gay people are normal people, and they get to live normal lives. They're not criminals by virtue of the fact of being gay."” PeopleThinkingLooksFactsGovernmentCoursesSexJusticeOpinionVirtueGayNormalFundamentalsCriticalCriminalsGay PeopleNormal LifeBeing GayAntony Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“What's going on is that our most fundamental ideas about life are not serving us. They never have. But now, with our advances in communication and technology, the situation has become critical - for our mechanisms have outrun our mentality. And so we find ourselves trying to solve the dilemmas of tomorrow with the solutions of yesterday.” TryingIdeasSituationTechnologyCommunicationTomorrowSolutionsFundamentalsSolveCriticalYesterdayServingMechanismMentalityDilemmaOutrun Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“One of the most important analytic tools when assessing an investment is an intellectually advantaged disparate view. This includes knowing more and perceiving the situation better than others do. It is also critical to have a keen understanding of what the market expectations for any investment truly are. Thus, the process by which a disparate perception, when correct, becomes consensus should lead to meaningful profit. Understanding market expectation is at least as important as, and often different from fundamental knowledge.” ShouldImportantDifferentProcessUnderstandingViewsSituationKnowingPerceptionExpectationsToolsFundamentalsInvestmentProfitCriticalMeaningfulConsensusAnalyticsAssessingKnowing More Author:Michael Steinhardt
“Monsters remain human beings. In fact, to reduce them to a subhuman level is to exonerate them of their acts of terrorism and mass murder — just as animals are not deemed morally responsible for killing. Insisting on the humanity of terrorists is, in fact, critical to maintaining their profound responsibility for the evil they commit. And, if they are human, then they must necessarily not be treated in an inhuman fashion. You cannot lower the moral baseline of a terrorist to the subhuman without betraying a fundamental value.” IfsHumansFactsValuesHumanityEvilHuman BeingsAnimalLevelsResponsibilityMoralFashionMassMurderResponsibleFundamentalsProfoundKillingCriticalTerrorismMonstersTerroristCommitTreatedBetrayMaintainingInhumanInsisting Author:Andrew Sullivan
“Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can't take charge of this most personal aspect of our lives, we can't take care of anything. It should not be seen as a privilege or as a benefit, but a fundamental human right.” IfsShouldHumansWholeCareIssuesOur LivesBenefitsAspectFundamentalsPrivilegeCriticalTake CareRangeAbortionWomens Rights Author:Faye Wattleton