Sentences with phrase «human hubris»

You speak of human hubris?

@Prism1234 Typical human hubris, presuming to know the will of god.

Based on the true story of the tragic May 10 - 11, 1996 excursion to the summit of the world's highest peak that resulted in the deaths of eight mountaineers, it's an epic man - versus - nature story that reminds us of what happens when human hubris collides with the full force of Mother Nature.

He could clearly see human hubris and arrogance, and make us laugh at ourselves.

Indeed, I see a lot of the contempt for animals I see in this world stemming from the human hubris of assuming that we are fundamentally separate from the animal world, which we clearly aren't and evolutionary theory explains a lot about how deeply rooted in the rest of the animate world we are.

It is human hubris to think that humans can formulate something equivalent or even close.

I think the very notion of an apocalypse is kind of invented out of human hubris — the idea that once we cease to be, that everything must cease to be.

Dion's own playful drawings are the highlight here — riffing on nature and human hubris.

Rather than representing yet another sign of human hubris, this name change would stress the enormity of humanity's responsibility as stewards of the Earth.

It's the sadness I began to feel as I learned more and more about environmental problems, including synthetic chemical and ionizing radiation contamination, climate change and global warming, deforestation, desertification and species extinction — as a result of human hubris, greed, and the exploitation of our earth's precious resources.

The belief system referred to as Man - made Global Warming is a dangerous combination of human hubris and a desire to use fear to control the populace.