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.
KARL POPPERWhile differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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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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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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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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Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.
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All life is problem-solving.
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The method of learning by trial and error – of learning from our mistakes – seems to be fundamentally the same whether it is practiced by lower or by higher animals, by chimpanzees, or by men of science.
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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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The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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No book can ever be finished. While working on it we learn just enough to find it immature the moment we turn away from it
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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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