Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
KARL POPPERScience must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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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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If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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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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We 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.
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Theories are nets cast to catch what we call ‘the world’: to rationalize, to explain, and to master it. We endeavor to make the mesh ever finer and finer.
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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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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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The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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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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History has no meaning.
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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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“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.
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What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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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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