“[T]ruly grand and powerful theories [...] do not and cannot rest upon single observations. Evolution is an inference from thousands of independent sources, the only conceptual structure that can make unified sense of all this disparate information. The failure of a particular claim usually records a local error, not the bankruptcy of a central theory. [...] If I mistakenly identify your father's brother as your own dad, you don't become genealogically rootless and created de novo. You still have a father; we just haven't located him properly.” IfsStillsFatherPowerfulRecordsHavensInformationParticularBrotherTheorySourceEvolutionDadClaimsIndependentStructureErrorsLocalsObservationBankruptcyUnifiedInference Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“You can push your local communities to adopt more sustainable sources of energy and environmentally-friendly practices.” EnergyCommunityPracticeSourceLocalsFriendlyLocal CommunityEnvironmentally Friendly Author:Al Gore
“Investigative journalism and reporting has become much more dangerous. This is especially true for journalists and sources in National Security - but it has been getting pretty bad for beat reporters and small outlets doing local reporting, too.” Has BeensSecurityDangerousSourceBeatsLocalsJournalismJournalistReportersNational SecurityOutletsInvestigative Journalism Author:Chelsea Manning