"We have become makers of our fate when……" — Karl Popper
"We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets."
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119 Quotes by Karl Popper
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- Science is not a system of certain, or -established, statements; nor is it a system which steadily advances towards a…
- I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as…
- It is a myth that the success of science in our time is mainly due to the huge amounts of…
- The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and…
- Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
- It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and…
- The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is,…
- Science does not rest upon solid bedrock. The bold structure of its theories rises, as it were, above a swamp.…
- The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition by having two layers. Like the latter, it passes on its…
- Thus science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths; neither with the collection of observations, nor with…
- In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to…
- It is easy to obtain confirmations, or verifications, for nearly every theory-if we look for confirmations. Confirmations should count only…