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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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If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.
— A J Liebling
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A favorite Wired icon for the information feedback loop, a dragon curling in a circle to swallow its own tail, could become…
— Unknown Author
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I have already prepared my counter proposal. It reads thusly: you may strategically place your wonderful lips upon my posterior and kiss…
— Barnabas
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Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
— Emily Dickinson
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I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind…
— Terry Pratchett
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Before, prior to. There is no difference between these two except length and a certain affectedness on the part of 'prior to.'…
— Bill Bryson
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There was an art to the male posterior. That's all there was to it.
— Sarah Addison Allen
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Science is the century-old endeavour to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thorough-going…
— Karl Popper
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Love is anterior to Life,posterior to Death,initial of Creation and exponent of Earth.
— Simi Ngr
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Love is anterior to life, posterior to death initial of creation, and the exponent of earth.
— Emily Dickinson
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Love is anterior to life/ Posterior to death/ Initial of creation/ And the exponent of earth. - Emily Dickenson
— Emily Dickenson
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Science is the century-old endeavour to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thorough-going…
— Albert Einstein
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