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.
KARL POPPERWhile differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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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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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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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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“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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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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Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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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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We all have an unscientific weakness for being always in the right, and this weakness seems to be particularly common among professional and amateur politicians.
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A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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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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Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.
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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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“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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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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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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Great men may make great mistakes.
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The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
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The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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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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The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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All life is problem-solving.
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