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.
KARL POPPER
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.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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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.
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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.
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I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
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The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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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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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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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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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.
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