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Instead of the greatest happiness for the greatest number, one should demand, more modestly, the least amount of avoidable suffering for all.

Karl Popper

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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Philosophy Reality Science Speak
We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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Fate Ourselves Philosophy Success
History has no meaning.
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History One Liner
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Beginning Science
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Nature Promise
The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
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Easy Hard Lost Philosophy Simplicity Truth
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Greatness Home Man Philosophy Soul Spiritual Wisdom World
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
Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.
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Impossible Philosophy Remember Speak Yourself
We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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Law Philosophy Theory
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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Believe Choice Freedom Lost Philosophy Prepare Thinking Victory Wrong
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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Knowledge Philosophy True
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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Argument Progress Victory Win
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
A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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One Liner Philosophy Theory
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

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