The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
KARL POPPERThe essential feature of dualist-interactionism is that the mind and brain are independent entities and that they interact by quantum physics.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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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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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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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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In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
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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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We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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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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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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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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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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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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I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a crime.
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The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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