Atheists, measuring, democracy

All thinking men are atheists. – Ernest Hemingway

Retort 1

 

But the converse is not true: not all atheists are thinking men.

 

Retort 2

 

And the harder they think, the more time they devote to thinking of proof for the absence of God.

 

If you can't measure it, you can't manage it.

 

Retort

 

The question is whether you measure what is relevant or only what is capable of being measured.

 

When a stupid government is elected in a democratic country, the best thing about this is that you learn the number of stupid people in that country. – Mehmet Murat Ildan

 

Retort

 

A lack of guarantee that a wise government will be elected each time is the strongest argument for democracy.