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 POPPERI hold that he who teaches that not reason but love should rule opens up the way for those who rule by hate.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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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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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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History has no meaning.
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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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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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We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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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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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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We all have an unscientific weakness for being always in the right, and this weakness seems to be particularly common among professional and amateur politicians.
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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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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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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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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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