Showing posts with label hubris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hubris. Show all posts

July 7, 2012

Scientific Hubris


I'm all for scientific advancement and discovery and learning.  I just don't believe that finding the Higgs Boson particle is like discovering God's toolkit.  It takes more than a bit of hubris to believe that we've just discovered the key to the entire universe. Sure, it's an great discovery, but it isn't everything. 

June 16, 2009

Hubris!



hu*bris  –noun ; excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
Also, hybris.
Compare sophrosyne.
Origin:
1880–85; hýbris insolence
On the same day I've accused the President of cowardice, I'm accusing him of hubris. If it weren't so linear in it's illogical madness, it would seem to be impossible. But the same President Obama who
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