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Science is not a system of certain, or -established, statements; nor is it a system which steadily advances towards a state of…
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I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as a 'body…
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It is a myth that the success of science in our time is mainly due to the huge amounts of money that…
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The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error.…
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Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
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It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical…
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The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is, the natural…
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Science does not rest upon solid bedrock. The bold structure of its theories rises, as it were, above a swamp. It is…
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The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition by having two layers. Like the latter, it passes on its theories; but…
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Thus science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths; neither with the collection of observations, nor with the invention…
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In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to say that…
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It is easy to obtain confirmations, or verifications, for nearly every theory-if we look for confirmations. Confirmations should count only if they…
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An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal…
— Robert Bork
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Why do we place such a disproportionate emphasis on sporting achievement? Why doesn't success in other fields receive similar attention... Maybe it's…
— Unknown Author
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Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.
— Florence King
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The Universe is circles within circles, and everything is one circle, and all the circles are connected to each other. Each family…
— Black Elk
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I simply want to celebrate the fact that right near your home, year in and year out, a community college is quietly…
— Kay Ryan
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We need to be clear that there is no such thing as giving up one's privilege to be 'outside' the system. ONE…
— Unknown Author
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Either order in the cosmos is real, or all is chaos. If we are adrift in chaos, then the fragile egalitarian doctrines…
— Russell Kirk
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For capitalism flourishes best in a mobile and egalitarian society
— Francis Fukuyama
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Radical feminist theorists do not seek to make gender a bit more flexible, but to eliminate it. They are gender abolitionists, and…
— Sheila Jeffreys
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Pornography is not egalitarian and gender-free. It is predicated upon the inequality of women and is the propaganda that makes that inequality…
— Sheila Jeffreys
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The environmentalist's dream is an egalitarian society based on: rejection of economic growth, a smaller population, eating lower on the food chain,…
— Aaron Wildavsky
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Scratch an egalitarian, and you will inevitably find a statist.
— Murray Rothbard
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