"In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity……" — Karl Popper
"In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a crime."
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119 Quotes by Karl Popper
Karl Popper has 119 quotes on this site.
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Science is not a system of certain, or -established, statements; nor is it a system which steadily advances towards a…
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I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as…
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It is a myth that the success of science in our time is mainly due to the huge amounts of…
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The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and…
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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…
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The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is,…
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Science does not rest upon solid bedrock. The bold structure of its theories rises, as it were, above a swamp.…
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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…
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Thus science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths; neither with the collection of observations, nor with…
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In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to…
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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…
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More Aiming Quotes
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Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or…
— Aristotle
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We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you…
— Mary Kay Ash
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
— Gary Bauer
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I'm pretty critical of myself as far as reaching some sort of perfect bull's-eye or target that I'm aiming for.
— Jeff Bridges
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I'm concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming…
— David Byrne
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To attempt social reform, educational reform, industrial expansion, the moral improvement of the race without aiming, first and foremost, at…
— Sri Aurobindo
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A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Tonight was not about winning, it was about focusing on myself and what I was aiming to do. It's the…
— Libby Trickett
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Everybody teaches a system. I just try to shoot where I'm aiming. I play by sight and feel not by…
— Fred Couples
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Any cat that misses a mouse pretends it was aiming for the dead leaf.
— Charlotte Gray
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The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside…
— Hugo Black
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He decided to give up his large ambition of knowledge and action for any narrow craft or profession, aiming at…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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