“The United State has a net worth against which our debt is a joke ... we wrote in 2008 the United States is going to come out of this recession fast. The Europeans are going to fragment. The Chinese are going to be cremated. Why could we come out of it? Why has all economic theory been proven wrong? Because we're rich and we could afford it.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesRichEconomicTheoryJokesDebtChineseProvenFragmentsRecessionsNet WorthEconomic TheoryProven Wrong Author:George Friedman
“I think in theory, Donald Trump could be a formidable candidate, right? The theory of him is, if he ignites working class white voters, he can put Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, states like Ohio in play for the Republicans.” IfsThinkingStatesPlayWhiteClassTheoryTrumpRepublicanCandidatesVotersWorking ClassOhioFormidablePennsylvaniaIgniteWisconsin Author:Joy-Ann Reid
“Under unitary executive theory, the [George W.]Bush administration has claimed the right to seize American citizens in the United States and imprison them indefinitely without a charge.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesTheoryCitizensAdministrationExecutivesAmerican Citizens Author:Dick Durbin
“When consequentialist theories are developed in terms of an equally shallow psychology of the good - such as a crude form of hedonism - the results can sometimes strike sensible people as revolting and inhuman. People can be reduced to simple repositories of positive or negative sensory states, and their humanity is lost sight of entirely.” PeopleSometimesStatesFormHumanityLostTermSimpleResultsPsychologyTheoryNegativeSightStrikesSensibleShallowCrudeSensoryInhumanHedonism Author:Allen W. Wood
“The more evolutionary theory gets called an atheistic theory, the greater the risk that it will lose its place in public school biology courses in the United States. If the theory is thought of in this way, one should not be surprised if a judge at some point decides that teaching evolutionary theory violates the Constitutional principle of neutrality with respect to religion.” IfsWayShouldStatesSchoolCoursesLosesUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesGreaterRiskTeachingJudgingTheoryBiologyPublic SchoolAtheisticNeutrality Author:Elliott Sober
“Just take the lack of presence of F1 in the United States. In theory - and logically - you would have an East Coast Grand Prix, a West Coast Grand Prix, and I think you should have a street race in Detroit - it is still the motor capital of the US. You stay in the US for four weeks and could have two to three races, certainly two.” ThinkingShouldStillsTwoStatesThreeUnitedRaceUnited StatesFourWeekStreetsTheoryShould HaveWestEastCoastMotorDetroitWest CoastEast CoastGrand Prix Author:Martin Sorrell
“I think in theory, the United States finds it much easier to deal with situations where there is a leading country. You can go to the leaders of that country and say, for example, to India, "There are all these problems in Bangladesh, we really have to do something about it, what do you suggest we can do to work out a common policy?" But when you don't have the equivalent of India, you have to go capital to capital trying to put together a coalition, which is extraordinarily difficult, especially in the Arab world, because of the historic rivalries and branches of Islam.” ThinkingWorldTryingCountryStatesProblemTogetherDifficultCan DoUnitedDealsCommonSituationLeaderUnited StatesPolicyExampleTheoryEasierIndiaIslamWork OutBranchesHistoricCoalitionsRivalryBangladeshArab World Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“Evolutionary theory tends to explain quite well in retrospect how various species emerged. It's not very good on prediction. Nevertheless, one cannot say that there isn't a lot of knowledge that's been obtained in this field. In the same way, with these complex physical phenomena between solid state physics, you can say a lot of things without necessarily knowing the next step.” WayWellsStatesNextStepsKnowingFieldsTheorySpeciesComplexesVery GoodVariousPhysicsNeverthelessPredictionsNext StepsRetrospect Author:Kenneth Arrow
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened.” IfsStatesHumorFunnyScienceUniverseEducationHappenedMysteryTheoryDiscoveryDisappearReplacedBizarreGalaxyPsychedelicInexplicableMystery Of LifeHitchhikers Guide To The GalaxyHitchhikers GuideHitchhikingSubtle AtheistFunny ScienceAstronomy And UniverseInfinite UniverseThings Are Not What They Seem Author:Douglas Adams