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Karl Popper Inspirational Quotes (79)

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The influence (for good or ill) of Plato's work is immeasurable. Western thought, one might say, has been Platonic or anti-Platonic, but hardly ever non-Platonic.
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The best thing that can happen to a human being us to find a problem, to fall in love with that problem, and to live trying to solve that problem, unless another problem even more lovable appears.
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It is part of my thesis that all our knowledge grows only through the correcting of our mistakes.
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We never know what we are talking about.
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We do not know. We can only guess.
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No particular theory may ever be regarded as absolutely certain.... No scientific theory is sacrosanct.
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It is a myth that the success of science in our time is mainly due to the huge amounts of money that have been spent on big machines. What really makes science grow is new ideas, including false ideas.
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If you know that things are bound to happen whatever you do, then you may feel free to give up the fight against them.
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Criticism of my alleged views was widespread and highly successful. I have yet to meet a criticism of my views.
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We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.
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The attempt to make heaven on earth invariably produces hell.
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The game of science is, in principle, without end. 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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Propose theories which can be criticized. Think about possible decisive falsifying experiments-crucial experiments. But do not give up your theories too easily-not, at any rate, before you have critically examined your criticism.
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Simple statements are to be prized more highly than less simple ones because they tell us more because their empirical content is greater and because they are better testable.
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The open society is one in which men have learned to be to some extent critical of taboos, and to base decisions on the authority of their own intelligence.
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A theory that explains everything, explains nothing
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Historically speaking all - or very nearly all - scientific theories originate from myths.
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With regards to political enemies Plato had a kill-and-banish principle. ... In interpreting it , modern-day Platonists are clearly disturbed by it, even as they make elaborate attempts to defend Plato.
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It is wrong and dangerous to extol freedom by telling people that they will certainly be all right once they are free. 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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Good tests kill flawed theories we remain alive to guess again.
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I have spoken to Einstein and he admitted to me that his theory was in fact no different from the one of Parmenides.
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But some of these theories are so bold that they can clash with reality: they are the testable theories of science. And when they clash, then we know that there is a reality something that can inform us that our ideas are mistaken.
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The genuine rationalist does not think that he or anyone else is in possession of the truth nor does he think that mere criticism as such helps us achieve new ideas. But he does think that, in the sphere of ideas, only critical discussion can help us sort the wheat from the chaff.
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The survival value of intelligence is that it allows us to extinct a bad idea, before the idea extincts us.
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