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.
KARL POPPERTheories 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.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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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.
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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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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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Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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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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It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If we choose freedom, then we must be prepared to perish along with it.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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All life is problem-solving.
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