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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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I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And…
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Once when I was golfing in Georgia, I hooked the ball into the swamp. I went in after it and found an…
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I ate breakfast in the kitchen by candle-light, and then drove the five miles to the station through the most glorious October…
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There are no green thumbs or black thumbs. There are only gardeners and non-gardeners. Gardeners are the ones who ruin after ruin…
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We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to…
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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…
— Karl Popper
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Properly practiced creativity MUST result in greater sales more economically achieved. Properly practiced creativity can lift your claims out of the swamp…
— William Bernbach
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When I made Blue Moon Swamp, there was a lot of trial and error; I was trying to find people who would…
— John Fogerty
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By practicing the virtues we cultivate the soil from which healthy emotions sprout; by letting go of our character defects we drain…
— Ray Allen
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We will push those crooks, those mercenaries back into the swamp
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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Once the forest has been removed and the swamp starts being drained, that organic matter begins to oxidise and give off continuing…
— Frances Ford Seymour
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Nature is a tropical swamp in sunshine, on whose purlieus we hear the song of summer birds, and see prismatic dewdrops, -…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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