“We have to deal with this new type of threat in a way we haven’t yet defined. . . . With a low-probability, high-impact event like this . . . If there’s a one percent chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response.” IfsWayHelpingTermChanceDealsEventsHavensTypeWeaponsLowsPercentScientistTreatsImpactThreatResponseNuclearDefinedCertaintyAlsNuclear WeaponsProbabilityAl Qaeda Author:Dick Cheney
“The response is to the image, not to the man, since 99 percent of the voters have no contact with the man.” MenHe ManPercentResponseContactVoters Author:Ray Price
“We know that the warming rising seas will swallow entire island nations that are about 25 percent of the UN vote and perhaps at the end, even our civilization. This realization is traumatic and the first reaction to trauma is denial. Since there is some remaining scientific uncertainty, a natural response is to deny that change is occurring. This is natural but it is very dangerous.” KnowsFirstsEndsNationsNaturalSeaDangerousCivilizationPercentVoteResponseDenyTraumaReactionsRealizationDenialUncertaintyIslandsRising Author:Graciela Chichilnisky