We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
KARL POPPERThe 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 must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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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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The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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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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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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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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If our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.
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A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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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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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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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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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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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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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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