Understatements of the Century

Language is incredibly ambiguous and emotion-laden, so much so that it's impossible to use neutral language. Instead of putting no spin on our words, the best we can do is put "the right" spin on them. It's all you can do to not mislead people, and if you succeed, then they'll be misled by somebody even dumber.

So, by way of illustration, I've decided to compile a short list of statements that are so understated as to be absurd. Notice the use of diminutive phrases like "just", "nothing but", and "only" to enhance the effect.

• Human beings are just a bunch of atoms.
• A computer program is one enormous number.
• A human being is just a machine.
• Intelligent life coming from non-life is improbable.
• What a person believes comes down to personal preference.
• People only do what feels good.
• Space is big. (You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.)
• You'll win the lottery eventually if you keep playing it.
• The laws of nature can give us equations to determine the state of all matter at any given time if we know the state of all matter at any particular time.