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.
KARL POPPERAll life is problem-solving.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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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 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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Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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All life is problem-solving.
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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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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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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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We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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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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“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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