"Our knowledge can only be finite, while our……" — Karl Popper
"Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite."
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Karl Popper
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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 Finite Quotes
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I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running…
— Neil Armstrong
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Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn.
— Robert Browning
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Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless
— Justin Rosenstein
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The first gesture of an architect is to draw a perimeter; in other words, to separate the microclimate from the…
— Unknown Author
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Worship is the highest act of which a person is capable. It not only stretches us beyond all the limits…
— Unknown Author
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It is important to remember that the ocean's resources are finite. The commitment these kids are making here today is…
— Ted Danson
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The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a…
— Thomas Huxley
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If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that…
— Fred Hoyle
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We come no nearer the infinitude of the creative power of God, if we enclose the space of its revelation…
— Immanuel Kant
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We know that there is an infinite, and we know not its nature. As we know it to be false…
— Blaise Pascal
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