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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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After several trillion dollars of stimulation by the Obama Administration and the Fed, one might think the economy would be chugging along…
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There are people of spirit and there are people of passion, both less common than one might think. Rarer still are the…
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One might think this means that imaginary numbers are just a mathematical game having nothing to do with the real world. From…
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We should listen to the voice of conscience. It does not take nearly as much courage as one might think to admit…
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I am opposed to looking upon logic as a kind of game. ... One might think that it is a matter of…
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One might think, that a period which, within fifty years, uproots, enslaves or kills seventy million human beings, should only, and forthwith,…
— Albert Camus
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Lao Tsu found Taoism easy to reconcile withthe world of human beings, which is interesting because with all the nature imagery, one…
— Frederick Lenz
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The carved images on the early Minoan sealstones are tantalising, inscrutable. The Nature Goddess is yanked from the soil like a snake…
— Alison Fell
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One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I…
— Thomas A. Edison
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But, if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from these heavenly worlds, will…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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One might think that a boy who was out in the snow for so long would get cold, but Max was not.…
— Dave Eggers
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It’s much easier to be cruel than one might think.
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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