Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
—Karl Popper
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
—Karl Popper
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Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
—Karl Popper
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Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
—Karl Popper
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
—Karl Popper
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Do not allow your dreams of a beautiful world to lure you away from the claims of men who suffer here and now.
—Karl Popper
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If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.
—Karl Popper
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
—Karl Popper
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The game of science is, in principle, without end. He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call for any further test, and that they can be regarded as finally verified, retires from the game.
—Karl Popper
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
—Karl Popper
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There are many difficulties impeding the rapid spread of reasonableness. One of the main difficulties is that it always takes two to make a discussion reasonable. Each of the parties must be ready to learn from the other. You cannot have a rational discussion with a man who prefers shooting you to being convinced by you.
—Karl Popper
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Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
—Karl Popper
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Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
—Karl Popper
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
—Karl Popper
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You can choose whatever name you like for the two types of government. I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence “democracy”, and the other “tyranny”.
—Karl Popper
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You cannot have a rational discussion with a man who prefers shooting you to being convinced by you.
—Karl Popper
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Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.
—Karl Popper
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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
—Karl Popper
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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
—Karl Popper
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The game of science is, in principle, without end. He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call for any further test, and that they can be regarded as finally verified, retires from the game.
—Karl Popper
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True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
—Karl Popper
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True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
—Karl Popper
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It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
—Karl Popper
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Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
—Karl Popper
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Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.
—Karl Popper