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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.

Karl Popper

While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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Deep Difference Equality Ourselves Philosophy
If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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Quiet Science Simplicity Yourself
Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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Art Science Simplicity
The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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Future History Necessary Ourselves
No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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Argument Man Philosophy Science
The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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Abandonment Mystery Philosophy
The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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End Game One Liner Principle Science
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Beginning Science
I hold that he who teaches that not reason but love should rule opens up the way for those who rule by hate.
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Hate Love Myself Philosophy Teaching
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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Crime Duty Moral Myself Philosophy Simplicity Sin
We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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Fate Ourselves Philosophy Success
Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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Himself Privilege Responsibility Special Study
In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
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Important Philosophy Result
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Nature Promise
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Philosophy
Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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Deep Knowledge Necessary Philosophy

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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