“The absolute worst thing that you ever can do, in my opinion, in bringing science to the general public, is be condescending or judgmental. It is so opposite to the way science needs to be brought forth.” WayNeedsCan DoOpinionWorstOppositesAbsolutesWorst ThingsJudgmentalGeneral PublicCondescending Author:Brian Greene
“The Internet bubble circa 2000 is the most extreme in modern capitalism. In the 1930s, we had the worst depression in 600 years. Today is almost as extreme in the opposite way.” WayYearsTodayModernWorstInternetCapitalismOppositesExtremesBubbles1930s Author:Charlie Munger
“Fashion is the opposite of the real, its worst enemy. Fashion photography is subversive; it makes you believe everything is true, whereas this could not be more false. It is the opposite of a mirror, a deformation.” BelieveRealEnemyWorstFashionPhotographyOppositesMirrorsSubversiveWorst EnemyFashion Photography Author:Patrick Demarchelier
“Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.” ThinkingSelfCasesWorstOppositesExpensesIdealismIndulgenceWishful ThinkingExaltationSelf Indulgence Author:Thomas Sowell
“The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. Sometimes your life is a pendulum swing from one to the other.” SometimesLife IsWorstOppositesTerrorBoredomPairsSwingsPendulums Book:Life of Pi Source: Life of Pi
“The worst thing about affirmative action is that it encourages reverse discrimination, so-called because it goes in the opposite way of how we naturally discriminate.” WayActionWorstOppositesDiscriminationReverseWorst ThingsAffirmative ActionAffirmative Author:Stephen Colbert
“So let's raise the tone of the debate. Too often at the moment we look like schoolchildren squabbling over a toy - our most precious toy, the Earth. And the danger is that as we pull in opposite directions in our global tug of war, the Earth will end up broken - or at least unable to sustain human life. That is the worst case scenario - or maybe, from the Earth's point of view, the best.” HumansLooksWarEndsMomentsEarthViewsCasesWorstDangerBrokenOppositesRaisesClimate ChangePoint Of ViewDebateHuman LifeToneToysScenariosWorst Case ScenarioTug Of War Author:Roz Savage