No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
KARL POPPERI would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
More Karl Popper Quotes
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A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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History has no meaning.
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Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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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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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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What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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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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Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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Great men may make great mistakes.
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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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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The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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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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