The game of science is, in principle, without end.
KARL POPPERThe game of science is, in principle, without end.
KARL POPPERIn philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
KARL POPPERThe conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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.
KARL POPPERNo rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
KARL POPPERA theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
KARL POPPERThe quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
KARL POPPER“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
KARL POPPERHe 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 POPPERWe 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.
KARL POPPERThose who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
KARL POPPERWe may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
KARL POPPERThe future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
KARL POPPERScience is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
KARL POPPERThe essential feature of dualist-interactionism is that the mind and brain are independent entities and that they interact by quantum physics.
KARL POPPERThe way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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