Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
KARL POPPER- 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 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.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
KARL POPPERThose who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If we choose freedom, then we must be prepared to perish along with it.
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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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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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It is not the consciousness of man that determines his existence – rather, it is his social existence that determines his consciousness.
KARL POPPERIt is not the consciousness of man that determines his existence – rather, it is his social existence that determines his consciousness.
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The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
KARL POPPERThe simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
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If our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.
KARL POPPERIf our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.
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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.
KARL POPPERAlways 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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The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
KARL POPPER“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
KARL POPPERTrue ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
KARL POPPEREvery intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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