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

Quote by Karl Popper

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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason...

We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason...

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.

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.

Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.

Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.

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

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

No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want...

No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want...

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

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

We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and...

We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and...

Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of...

Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of...

There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of...

There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of...

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a...

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a...

In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and...

In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and...

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

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

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.

We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and...

We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and...

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a...

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a...

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a...

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a...

The truth of a theory is in your mind, not in your eyes.

The truth of a theory is in your mind, not in your eyes.

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

It is the theory that decides what can be observed