The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
KARL POPPERGreat men may make great mistakes.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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History has no meaning.
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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The essential feature of dualist-interactionism is that the mind and brain are independent entities and that they interact by quantum physics.
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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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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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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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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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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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Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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