In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.
KARL POPPERScience must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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The essential feature of dualist-interactionism is that the mind and brain are independent entities and that they interact by quantum physics.
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call for any further test and that they can be regarded as finally verified retires from the game.
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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Theories are nets cast to catch what we call ‘the world’: to rationalize, to explain, and to master it. We endeavor to make the mesh ever finer and finer.
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In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
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It is complete nihilism to propose laying down arms in a world where atom bombs are around. It is very simple: there is no way of achieving peace other than with weapons.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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We can all participate in the heritage of man. We all can help to preserve it. And we can all make our own modest contribution to it.
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And it implies that if we respect truth, we must search for it by persistently searching for our errors: by indefatigable rational criticism, and self-criticism.
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It is not the consciousness of man that determines his existence – rather, it is his social existence that determines his consciousness.
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