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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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Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world…
— Sai Baba
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Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in…
— Robert Higgs
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Do you know how I feel about that? I'm sure this is no big surprise... what a mistake. I should never have…
— Harry Reid
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In this modern world plagued with counterfeits for the Lord's plan, we must not be misled into supposing that we can discharge…
— Marion G. Romney
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The Iraq war that I signed up for was launched on false premises. The American people were misled. Now, whether that was…
— Edward Snowden
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Although I usually think I know what I'm going to be writing about, what I'm going to say, most of the time…
— Lewis Thomas
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It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before…
— George Washington
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Remember always that there not so very much difference between various people as we seem to imagine. Maps and atlases show us…
— Jawaharlal Nehru
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Clay is so young and has been misled by the wrong people... He might as well have joined the Ku Klux Klan.
— Floyd Patterson
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There's a mindset in other countries that if you're an American, you're a Christian. Well, those people are sadly misled; they don't…
— Tim Conway
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Yes, I thought I was joining Manchester United, I was misled by all involved. I wasnt aware of another Manchester team
— Robinho
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George Bush sold us on going to war with Iraq based on the threat of weapons of mass destruction. But we still…
— John F. Kerry
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