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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.

Karl Popper

All life is problem-solving.
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Life One Liner Philosophy
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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Ability Democracy Freedom
If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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Quiet Science Simplicity Yourself
The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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Evidence Science Theory Way
The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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End Game One Liner Principle Science
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Nature Promise
While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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Deep Difference Equality Ourselves Philosophy
The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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Abandonment Mystery Philosophy
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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Freedom Philosophy Reason Security
No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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Argument Man Philosophy Science
Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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Himself Privilege Responsibility Special Study
The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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Abandonment God Himself Place Spiritual Theory
We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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Law Philosophy Theory
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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Crime Duty Moral Myself Philosophy Simplicity Sin
The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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Future History Necessary Ourselves
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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Existence Man Philosophy Spiritual

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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