A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
KARL POPPERA theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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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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He 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.
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Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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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 must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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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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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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Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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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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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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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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Great men may make great mistakes.
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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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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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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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