Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
KARL POPPERThe game of science is, in principle, without end.
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Great men may make great mistakes.
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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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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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“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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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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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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Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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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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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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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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A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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All life is problem-solving.
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