The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
KARL POPPERTheology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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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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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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What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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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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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.
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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 must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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