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Mistake Quotes by Karl Popper
- The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error. But science is…
- Our aim must be to make our successive mistakes as quickly as possible. To speed up evolution.
- It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I think that this…
- Psychologism is, I believe, correct only in so far as it insists upon what may be called 'methodological individualism' as opposed to 'methodological collectivism'; it…
- Our aim as scientists is objective truth; more truth, more interesting truth, more intelligible truth. We cannot reasonably aim at certainty. Once we realize that…
- It is part of my thesis that all our knowledge grows only through the correcting of our mistakes.
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- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
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- Please don't make the mistake of thinking that 'Oryx and Crake' is anti-science. Science is a way of knowing, and a tool.… — Margaret Atwood
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- Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society. — Alfred Austin
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