Dangerous idea

essay called, In Defense of Dangerous Ideas, where he argues that dangerous ideas are only considered to be dangerous to those who believe in the label society has given them. Pinker defines "dangerous ideas" as being, "ideas that are denounced not because they are self-evidently false, nor because they advocate harmful action, but because they are thought to corrode the prevailing moral order." Pinker uses this essay to attempt to effectively argue that dangerous ideas are only that if people allow

I decided to read the book, ‘Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea’ by Mark Blyth, which is about the turn to austerity in economic policy. The author argues that austerity is a dangerous idea for three main reasons: Austerity cannot work in practice. It imposes a disproportionate burden on poorer households. And, it ignores the fallacy of composition that says that all countries cannot be austere simultaneously. This book is among the best descriptions of our path to crisis and it is highly

existence and splendor. It is often seen as overly reductionistic, if not ¡§dangerous¡¨, to try to condense the (mindless?) brilliance of nature through any sort of mechanistic or logical means. And here we are faced with what Daniel Dennett calls Darwin¡¦s dangerous idea: ¡§that all the fruits of evolution can be explained as the products of an algorithmic process¡¨ (Dennett, 1995 p.60). It is no surprise that this idea might present a problem for the Homo-sapien

research of his notes and specimens many ideas. Out of this study grew several related theories: one, evolution did occur, two, evolutionary change was gradual, requiring thousands to millions of years, three, the primary mechanism for evolution was a process called natural selection, and four, the millions of species alive today arose from a single original life form through a branching process called "specialization." The movie Darwin’s Dangerous Idea was based on Darwin’s theory of evolution

The documentary, “Darwin’s Dangerous Idea” tells the story of Charles Darwin’s conception of his theory of natural selection, and how it explains the evolutionary process and species adaptation. The story begins with a brief overview of his 5-year stint on the HMS Beagle as the ship's naturalist, during her South American voyage. The film shows how Mr. Darwin collected fossils and many species of animals and birds from many different regions especially the Galapagos Islands. It portrays Mr. Darwin’s

In Ronald Bailey’s article “Transhumanism: The Most Dangerous Idea? Why Striving to Be More Human Is Human”, Bailey poses an underlying question about which ideas, if embraced, would pose the greatest threat to the welfare of humanity? In particular, Bailey posed the question to 8 of the most prominent policy intellectuals editors of the “foreign policy” from the September and October issue. Of the 8 editors, the answer that caught Bailey’s attention the most was that of editor Francis Fukuyama.

How would you like to try some crystal meth? Chances are, you’re saying, “no” right about now, maybe shaking your head in disgust. Why would you want to try crystal meth? That stuff is so ridiculously dangerous, right? Would it change your mind if you saw it on television? The highly acclaimed, wildly popular, and most recent winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series, Breaking Bad chronicles the life of Walter White, a chemistry genius destined to live out his life teaching high

that guns are the main problem in our dangerous world and believe that America needs to ban them completely. I believe that our world would not be a safer place if they banned guns, because people are people and they can find many other ways to effect the people around them without guns. Guns are not the main problem, we are. Guns are not just used to hurt people, but they help defend people, and most importantly save our lives. If there is someone dangerous that is trying to harm you, what will

Some people are deemed too dangerous so they are shunned and kicked out of society. This now makes them outcasts. In the book Wolf Children Ame and Yuki are are the outcasts. Society did not want them because they are wolf children. In Of Mice And Men Lennie was the outcast. Society did not want him because they thought he was not mentally stable enough to be in this world. Lennie, Ame, and Yuki are all victims of society. This is because people just don't know enough about them to know they can

It was dangerous for Dana because she spoke as the educated women that she was, so when talking with someone new they would comment on her educated speech. “It was dangerous to educate slaves, they warned. Education made blacks dissatisfied with slavery. It spoiled them for field work. The Methodist minister said it made them disobedient,