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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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My business is, with all my might to serve my own generation; in doing so I shall best serve the next generation,…
— George Muller
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Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation,…
— Leslie Fiedler
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With artists of my own generation there was at first no group identity - and never a clique.
— Kenneth Noland
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Believing, repenting, and the like, are the product of the new nature; and can never be produced by the old corrupt nature...…
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Well, the task I've set forth will long outlive our own generation. But together, we too have come through the worst. Let…
— Ronald Reagan
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Affection is the most important thing. And the quality of affection - with your friends, your lovers, your family. But particularly for…
— Allen Ginsberg
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As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality,…
— Max Beerbohm
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I thought I would write something that would make some people uncomfortable. . . . What intrigued me, I think, was the…
— Wendy Wasserstein
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Within your own generation-the same songs, the same wars, the same attitudes toward those wars, the same rules and radio shows in…
— John Updike
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The man who thinks only of his own generation is born for few.
— Seneca the Younger
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I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to…
— Radhanath Swami
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I've always said if somebody wrote a book and they took their whole life to learn that knowledge in that book, why…
— Jeff Olson
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