Sentences with phrase «most dangerous idea»

First it was fiat currency inflation, then it was never - ending fiscal deficits, then it was out of control debt & entitlements, and then there's the most dangerous idea of all — the notion markets (& consequently the entire financial system) must be saved, whatever the cost.

Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable (Harper Perennial, $ 13.95), John Brockman, founder of Edge, an online salon, asks 108 thinkers and scientists to describe their «most dangerous idea.»

They had gathered to debate what Ellis considers the most dangerous idea in science: the suggestion that our universe is but a tiny part of an unimaginably large and diverse multiverse.

believing a higher power forgives you when you act evil is the most dangerous idea in the world.

• After Germaine Greer said that freedom is the world's most dangerous idea, and sex columnist Dan Savage picked population control, newspaper columnist Peter (brother of Christopher) Hitchens declared on Australian TV that «the most dangerous idea in human history and philosophy remains the belief that Jesus Christ was the son of God and rose from the dead.»

Now, before somebody corrects me, I do understand the concept (well, say about as well as a regulator; — RRB --RRB-, and it has a certain charm & logic (like most dangerous ideas).

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Not exact matches

Because the odds of «dangerous» ideas espoused by a carpenter walking around, preaching in an occupied land peacefully overtaking the Roman Empire (the most powerful man - made force on the planet at the time) and shaping civilization, Western and beyond, are almost as remote as the odds of you forgoing your delusional confidence in your ability for rational thought or facts, giving him credit for being exactly who he said he was.

Then they would go on to teach some sort of dangerous idea about how a favorite «prophecy» doesn't actually point to Jesus, or how a favorite text doesn't mean what most Christians think, or how the misuse and misunderstanding of a particular point of theology could lead to sin.

The big idea: Perhaps Gladwell's most dangerous book due to the ease of its misapplication, Blink explores the brain» sremarkable aptitude for lightning - fast processing.

Bonnie, you and your kind are the most dangerous people on the planet (and the planet is round incase you haven't caught up with that idea either).

I mean Jesus had a few decent ideas, but the bas * tar * dization of those ideas immediately following renders most of the NT useless and downright dangerous imho.

That took arguably the most dangerous opponent out of the proceedings until late, which accomplished two things: Everyone else got to shine before super-powered Nakamura returned late in the match, and it helped build up the idea of an eventual feud between Corbin and Shinsuke.

Of your ideas I would say number 3 is the most dangerous and has least reward.

I think the idea that men should stick up for men and women for women is one of the most dangerous beliefs of all.

Most generally as of the «I had no idea XXX was dangerous».

Most recently, the Council largely ignored a warning from a lead poisoning prevention expert who advised that their plan to purchase home lead test kits was a «very dangerous idea» with the potential for «extremely hazardous» results.

Both Cardin and the representatives from DOD and DHS spoke favorably of a tiering system for select agents — an emerging idea among biodefense experts — under which facilities and researchers dealing with the most dangerous pathogens would be subject to the most stringent controls.

The idea here is fat deposits around your abdomen are the most dangerous to your health.

(NaturalHealth365) Most office workers have no idea how dangerous too much sitting is on the body.

It's a brilliant evocation of the idea that man is the world's most scared yet dangerous and deadly animal.

The greatest horror films often thrive on simplicity, the idea that somebody or something dangerous could be in the most comfortable of places.

An early text from 1796 warned of the danger posed by the importation of French ideas and persons: «Let America beware of infidelity, which is the most dangerous enemy that she has to contend with at present.»

Since summer is the most dangerous time to drive, statistically, driving one of these cars might be a good idea.

I think we've already covered how dangerous that idea can be... In fact, it's generally one of the worst (and certainly the most lagging) measures of value one could choose to focus on.

It was Dunbar who began the notion of puppy classes when most veterinarians thought the idea was unnecessary, or even dangerous, for fear of disease transmission.

This idea is reinforced by Bruce's words to the Joker as he locks his oldest and most dangerous foe away in the darkest recesses of his mind; «I am vengeance.

Artists have been portraying one of nature's most entrancing and dangerous spectacles ever since the idea spread about in the 18th century that the «sublime» can be more powerful than mere beauty.

Since the primary value system these guardians protect is the paradigm of continuous material growth, the most dangerous of all radical ideas are any proposals to limit, halt or reverse that growth.

«The most «dangerous» technological idea that could mean that even the climate change won't be enough to establish the world government and cripple the world's economy: Artificial volcanos.»

Heiko, I think that their assumption is that most people have no clue of what the natural or anthropogenic atmospheric levels of CO2 are (note the general tone of the article) but are constantly bombarded with the idea that we are pumping tremendous amounts of a very dangerous gas into it.

The idea is simply that the person in the most dangerous vehicle has the most responsibility.

When traveling in certain areas, it is always a good idea to be aware of those intersections that are rated the most dangerous in terms of auto accidents.

The idea that any nation you happen to have a presence in can demand something you have in any other nation seems like an obviously dangerous shortcut to most - abusive - common - denominator law; but being able to black - hole anything just by shifting the VM across the border presents its own problems.»

The entire Western culture was focused on controlling these «dangerous» emotions - an idea which has been prevalent throughout most of this century.

As far as the folks in my community are concerned, most of them are fuming over the whole idea because it is going to make things even more crowded for those who live here and their kids who go to school and play in the residential area that is becoming more dangerous for them every day.