We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
KARL POPPERThe conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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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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If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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If we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.
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The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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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.
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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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In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a crime.
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The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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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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Instead of the greatest happiness for the greatest number, one should demand, more modestly, the least amount of avoidable suffering for all.
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