Historic Acts of Hubris

[NotHardUp1]

The thread's Exhibit 1 -- Louis Slotin's toying with The Demon Core:

Please comment or post your own examples from history of Titanic blunders primarily due to hubris.

 

[gsdx]

X

 

[Peloso]

 

[Vannie]

*takes out penis*

 

[belamyi]

And pretty much every single page of the history of Spain since at least around 1500 and, particularly, the last fifteen years or so.

I would add almost every single revolt/protest/demonstration/revolution or 'piece' of activism, no matter the outcome, when any at all.

Oh, and that unmentionable Austrian guy's political career.

 

[belamyi]

Oh, and the Forty Glorious of the Second Globalization, crown jewels included..:

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[NotHardUp1]

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Was he really born in Jamaica, or is this a lampoon of the birther controversy?

 

[NotHardUp1]

*takes out penis*

That would be "pubris".

 

[gsdx]

Was he really born in Jamaica, or is this a lampoon of the birther controversy?

It's in Queens according to Google. It's been there for over a century.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Was he really born in Jamaica, or is this a lampoon of the birther controversy?

You thought...... WOW.

 

[Peloso]

Was he really born in Jamaica, or is this a lampoon of the birther controversy?

As far as I'm concerned, he was born under Jamaica.