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

Quote by Karl Popper

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

For when established identities become outworn or unfinished ones threaten to remain incomplete, special crises...

For when established identities become outworn or unfinished ones threaten to remain incomplete, special crises...

If you believe in an unseen Christ, you will believe in the unseen Christlike potential...

If you believe in an unseen Christ, you will believe in the unseen Christlike potential...

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of...

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of...

It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords...

It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords...