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 POPPERAll life is problem-solving.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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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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In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
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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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The most we can say of democracy or freedom is that they give our personal abilities a little more influence on our well-being.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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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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“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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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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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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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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Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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