Sentences with phrase «human ingenuity better»

If necessity is the mother of invention, then perhaps laziness is the father — nothing seems to motivate human ingenuity better than the desire to avoid an unpleasant task.

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This is done, in this remarkable human family of which we are all a part, with demonic craft by the powerful, in an absolutely dazzling array of forms (if necessity is the mother of invention, covetousness and lust are the parents of ingenuity), upon well - established but shamelessly fraudulent justification, usually in the broad sense religious and sometimes even specifically theological.

And, even though the rich man by human ingenuity should at last succeed in being able to trick the sun into shining more invitingly upon his palace than over the poor man's hut, man will never be able to trick the Good and eternity in this fashion.

What is their deduction of metaphysical attributes but a shuffling and matching of pedantic dictionary - adjectives, aloof from morals, aloof from human needs, something that might be worked out from the mere word «God» by one of those logical machines of wood and brass which recent ingenuity has contrived as well as by a man of flesh and blood.

see what you have to understand about living in a real world — a world where god is just a story and not real — its a world based on scientific and physical laws that are proven to exist and their effects are measurable... us as humans, mere animals, hold no real power or control aside thru ingenuity which allows us to change our environment to suit us... stay with me here... at this point in human history we ceased to change to suit our environment and started changing it to suit us — thats destruction of the earth to suit one species — that should go over well...

Australian economist and ecological thinker H. C. Coombs (1990) has said: «There is nothing divinely ordained about the economic system: it is the product of human ingenuity, effort and capacity to organize and, therefore, can be properly questioned, criticized and, if a better alternative exist, rejected» (p. 143).

In surveying both the damage and the technological marvels wrought by humans, Ackerman, best known for her book A Natural History of the Senses, concludes that human ingenuity and conscientiousness can win out over greed and exploitation in the Humanhuman ingenuity and conscientiousness can win out over greed and exploitation in the HumanHuman Age.

Through our head office in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and our branches in Ottawa, New York and Geneva, we apply human ingenuity to improve the well - being of the world's environment, economy and society.

That for - profits aren't all bad, educators aren't all angels, the ability to disagree civilly is a virtue, good intentions are no excuse for sloppy thinking, transparency is a virtue, jargon should not be mistaken for expertise, healthy markets are a powerful mechanism for channeling human ingenuity, and research rarely offers conclusive answers to the most important questions.

Clive Best @ 37: «Human ingenuity can only work outside the straight - jacket of national or international governments — just look at the Internet» You're joking, right?

Also, while I think that science and technological progress and capitalism have done a pretty good job of avoiding permanent resource scarcity so far (eg, the Simon / Ehrlich bet), I don't think we should assume that they can do so forever, or that economic growth will continue at the current several percent rate forever - they might, betting against human ingenuity is always dangerous, but a good, robust strategy would take into account the possibility that there might be limits to growth even if it is difficult to pinpoint any one given constraint.

The battle is urgent and defining: but it is between those who understand how billions have been lifted from poverty, illness and servitude by human ingenuity, capitalism, free trade and economic growth, and those who decry the processes which have brought about this great transformation in human well - being.

And just as human ingenuity has allowed us to overcome countless obstacles in the past, he notes, it is more than reasonable to suppose it will do so in the future as well.

I'm sure good ol' human ingenuity could figure out what to do with cheap, clean energy...