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What really makes science grow is new ideas, including false ideas.
Karl Popper
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Karl Popper
Age: 92 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 28
Died: 1994
Died: September 17
Philosopher
Philosopher Of Science
Sociologist
University Teacher
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Vienna
Austria
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Every genuine test of a theory is an attempt to falsify it, or to refute it.
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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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Criticism of my alleged views was widespread and highly successful. I have yet to meet a criticism of my views.
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The future is always present, as a promise, a lure and a temptation.
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Good tests kill flawed theories we remain alive to guess again.
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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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[To] interpret Parmenides as a Kant before Kant ... this is exactly what we must do.
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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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Some scientists find, or so it seems, that they get their best ideas when smoking others by drinking coffee or whisky. Thus there is no reason why I should not admit that some may get their ideas by observing, or by repeating observations.
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My thesis is that what we call 'science' is differentiated from the older myths not by being something distinct from a myth, but by being accompanied by a second-order tradition-that of critically discussing the myth. ... In a certain sense, science is myth-making just as religion is.
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We know a great deal, but our ignorance is sobering and boundless. With each step forward, with each problem which we solve, we not only discover new and unsolved problems, but we also discover that where we believed that we were standing on firm and safe ground, all things are, in truth, insecure and in a state of flux.
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No particular theory may ever be regarded as absolutely certain.... No scientific theory is sacrosanct.
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I remained a socialist for several years, even after my rejection of Marxism and if there could be such a thing as socialism combined with individual liberty, I would be a socialist still. For nothing could be better than living a modest, simple, and free life in an egalitarian society.
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The defence of democracy must consist in making anti-democratic experiences too costly for those who try them much more costly than a democratic compromise
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I see now more clearly than ever before that even our greatest troubles spring from something that is [as] admirable and sound as it is dangerous – from our impatience to better the lot of our fellows.
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A theory is just a mathematical model to describe the observations.
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The attempt to make heaven on earth invariably produces hell.
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Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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A theory that explains everything, explains nothing
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