“It's the old idea that the process of evolution is some push in the direction of greater complexity--in particular greater intellectual complexity. In one twig of the tree of life, namely ours, having a big brain happened to have advantages. But that's just what worked for a particular species of primate 5 to 7 million years ago.” YearsIdeasBigsProcessBrainMillionsGreaterHappenedTreeParticularEvolutionIntellectualAdvantageYears AgoSpeciesComplexityTree Of LifePrimatesTwigsOld Ideas Author:Steven Pinker
“Today, near the end of my days, I want to say that I harbor no rancor against anybody, that I love my fatherland above all and that I take political responsibility for everything that was done which had no other goal than making Chile greater and avoiding its disintegration. I assume full political responsibility for what happened.” WantEndsDoneTodayPoliticalGoalResponsibilityGreaterHappenedAssumingAvoidingHarborsChileDisintegrationFatherlandRancorPolitical Responsibility Author:Augusto Pinochet
“I happened to read recently a remark by the American nuclear physicist W. Davidson, who noted that the explosion of one hydrogen bomb releases a greater amount of energy than all the explosions set off by all countries in all wars known in the entire history of mankind. And he, apparently, is right.” WarCountryEnergyKnownGreaterHappenedMankindAmountNuclearReleaseBombsPhysicistRemarksExplosionsHydrogenHydrogen Bomb Author:Nikita Khrushchev
“If Jesus didn't rise from the dead, an even greater miracle happened: 12 relatively uneducated guys changed the world and were martyred to protect a lie.” IfsWorldLyingGuyJesusGreaterHappenedChangedProtectMiracleUneducatedMartyred Author:Mark Hart
“You cannot limit the debate to being solely in favour or against. It should be more complex. When you condemn, you need to understand what led to it. In general, if it is our responsibility to condemn terrorist actions after they had happened, we have an even greater responsibility beforehand to make sure they won't happen.” IfsNeedsShouldHappensActionResponsibilityGreaterHappenedLimitsComplexesDebateTerroristFavour Author:Tariq Ramadan