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

Quote by Karl Popper

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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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to...

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to...

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

We shall fight for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free...

We shall fight for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free...

Learned institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light...

Learned institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light...