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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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When we enter a new situation in life and are confronted by a new person, we bring with us the prejudices of…
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Protection of the life of the mother as an excuse for an abortion is a smoke screen. In my 36 years of…
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Scrape the grey sky clean. Realize every grey cloud is a smoke screen to blind us from the truth, and the truth…
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To be honest, one can only feel glad that so many modern iconoclasts consider Christianity to be full of exceptionally hypocritical, religious…
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Behind a smoke screen of high-profile female appointees and soothing slogans, George W. Bush is waging war on women.
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The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility.
— Charles Kettering
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In art, scandal is a false narrative, a smoke screen that camouflages rather than reveals. When we don't know what we're seeing,…
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The English language on her tongue became a smoke-screen, without her eyes changing expression in the least.
— Pat Conroy
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The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, and…
— Harold Pinter
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Forget the chicken-nugget smoke screen. Percy wanted Leo to invent an anti-dream hat.
— Rick Riordan
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Leo drummed his fingers. “Great. I should have installed a smoke screen that makes the ship smell like a giant chicken nugget.…
— Rick Riordan
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The widely held belief that the heterosexual nuclear family is best for children has long been used as a smoke screen for…
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