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Karl Popper Quotes: "The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement."

The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement.



Karl Popper Quotes: "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."

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.




Karl Popper Quotes: "The question is not how to get good people to rule; THE QUESTION IS: HOW TO STOP THE POWERFUL from doing as much damage as they can to us."

The question is not how to get good people to rule; THE QUESTION IS: HOW TO STOP THE POWERFUL from doing as much damage as they can to us.



Karl Popper Quotes: "If you can't say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can."

If you can't say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.




Karl Popper Quotes: "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."

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.



Karl Popper Quotes: "Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge but an active aversion to knowledge, the refusal to know, issuing from cowardice, pride, or laziness of mind."

Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge but an active aversion to knowledge, the refusal to know, issuing from cowardice, pride, or laziness of mind.



Karl Popper Quotes: "A theory which is not refutable by any conceivable event is non-scientific. Irrefutability is not a virtue of a theory (as people often think) but a vice."

A theory which is not refutable by any conceivable event is non-scientific. Irrefutability is not a virtue of a theory (as people often think) but a vice.




Karl Popper Quotes: "I may be wrong and you may be right, and by an effort, we may get nearer to the truth"

I may be wrong and you may be right, and by an effort, we may get nearer to the truth



Karl Popper Quotes: "The attempt to make heaven on earth invariably produces hell."

The attempt to make heaven on earth invariably produces hell.



Karl Popper Quotes: "Evolution is not a fact. Evolution doesn't even qualify as a theory or as a hypothesis. It is a metaphysical research program, and it is not really testable science."

Evolution is not a fact. Evolution doesn't even qualify as a theory or as a hypothesis. It is a metaphysical research program, and it is not really testable science.



Karl Popper Quotes: "Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell."

Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.



Karl Popper Quotes: "It is the rule which says that the other rules of scientific procedure must be designed in such a way that they do not protect any statement in science against falsification."

It is the rule which says that the other rules of scientific procedure must be designed in such a way that they do not protect any statement in science against falsification.




Karl Popper Quotes: "The only way to test a hypothesis is to look for all the information that disagrees with it."

The only way to test a hypothesis is to look for all the information that disagrees with it.



Karl Popper Quotes: "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."

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.



Karl Popper Quotes: "We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant."

We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.



Karl Popper Quotes: "It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical quest for truth."

It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical quest for truth.



Karl Popper Quotes: "no matter how many instances of white swans we may have observed, this does not justify the conclusion that all swans are white."

no matter how many instances of white swans we may have observed, this does not justify the conclusion that all swans are white.



Karl Popper Quotes: "It is not possible to write clearly enough to avoid being misrepresented by people who are sufficiently determined to do so."

It is not possible to write clearly enough to avoid being misrepresented by people who are sufficiently determined to do so.



Karl Popper Quotes: "The difference between the amoeba and Einstein is that, although both make use of the method of trial and error elimination, the amoeba dislikes erring while Einstein is intrigued by it."

The difference between the amoeba and Einstein is that, although both make use of the method of trial and error elimination, the amoeba dislikes erring while Einstein is intrigued by it.



Karl Popper Quotes: "It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood."

It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.



Karl Popper Quotes: "We do not know. We can only guess."

We do not know. We can only guess.



Karl Popper Quotes: "Whenever we propose a solution to a problem, we ought to try as hard as we can to overthrow our solution, rather than defend it."

Whenever we propose a solution to a problem, we ought to try as hard as we can to overthrow our solution, rather than defend it.



Karl Popper Quotes: "If you know that things are bound to happen whatever you do, then you may feel free to give up the fight against them."

If you know that things are bound to happen whatever you do, then you may feel free to give up the fight against them.



Karl Popper Quotes: ". . . it seems to me certain that more people are killed out of righteous stupidity than out of wickedness."

. . . it seems to me certain that more people are killed out of righteous stupidity than out of wickedness.



Karl Popper Quotes: "Every solution of a problem raises new unsolved problems."

Every solution of a problem raises new unsolved problems.



Karl Popper Quotes: "If we wish our civilization to survive we must break with the habit of deference to great men."

If we wish our civilization to survive we must break with the habit of deference to great men.



Karl Popper Quotes: "Science is perhaps the only human activity in which errors are systematically criticized and, in time, corrected."

Science is perhaps the only human activity in which errors are systematically criticized and, in time, corrected.



Karl Popper Quotes: "It can't happen here is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere."

It can't happen here is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.



Karl Popper Quotes: "There is no pure, disinterested, theory-free observation."

There is no pure, disinterested, theory-free observation.



Karl Popper Quotes: "The more we learn about the world, and the deeper our learning, the more conscious, specific, and articulate will be our knowledge of what we do not know, our knowledge of our ignorance"

The more we learn about the world, and the deeper our learning, the more conscious, specific, and articulate will be our knowledge of what we do not know, our knowledge of our ignorance



Karl Popper Quotes: "I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'."

I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.



Karl Popper Quotes: "The survival value of intelligence is that it allows us to extinct a bad idea, before the idea extincts us."

The survival value of intelligence is that it allows us to extinct a bad idea, before the idea extincts us.



Karl Popper Quotes: "Our aim must be to make our successive mistakes as quickly as possible. To speed up evolution."

Our aim must be to make our successive mistakes as quickly as possible. To speed up evolution.



Karl Popper Quotes: "It is wrong to ask who will rule. The ability to vote a bad government out of office is enough. That is democracy."

It is wrong to ask who will rule. The ability to vote a bad government out of office is enough. That is democracy.



Karl Popper Quotes: "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."

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.



Karl Popper Quotes: "I have come to the conclusion that Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme."

I have come to the conclusion that Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme.



Karl Popper Quotes: "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."

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.



Karl Popper Quotes: "Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths."

Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.



Karl Popper Quotes: "All life is problem solving"

All life is problem solving



Karl Popper Quotes: "There is no history, only histories."

There is no history, only histories.



Karl Popper Quotes: "Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification."

Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.



Karl Popper Quotes: "We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets."

We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.



Karl Popper Quotes: "A theory that explains everything, explains nothing"

A theory that explains everything, explains nothing



Karl Popper Quotes: "Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite."

Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.



Karl Popper Quotes: "We never know what we are talking about."

We never know what we are talking about.



Karl Popper Quotes: "We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure."

We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.



Karl Popper Quotes: "All we can do is search for the falsity content in our best theory."

All we can do is search for the falsity content in our best theory.



Karl Popper Quotes: "A theory is just a mathematical model to describe the observations."

A theory is just a mathematical model to describe the observations.



Karl Popper Quotes: "You cannot have a rational discussion with a man who prefers shooting you to being convinced by you."

You cannot have a rational discussion with a man who prefers shooting you to being convinced by you.