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Karl Popper
Austrian
Philosopher
Born:
Jul 28
,
1902
Died:
Sep 17
,
1994
Does
Must
Science
Speak
World
You
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It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
Karl Popper
You
Speak
Impossible
Way
Misunderstood
Cannot
Such A Way
There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world.
Karl Popper
Life
History
World
Political
Political Power
Power
Kinds
Only
Histories
Human
The History Of
Mankind
Aspects
Human Life
Many
Elevated
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
Karl Popper
Paradise
Hell
Earth
Those
Promise
Never
Anything
Us
Produced
Who
No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
Karl Popper
Attitude
Man
Will
Argument
Adopt
Rational
Does
Effect
Want
Who
Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
Karl Popper
Knowledge
Ignorance
Our
Must
Only
Finite
Infinite
While
Necessarily
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
You
Problem
Sign
Possible
Neither
Solve
Only
Take
Understood
Nor
Intended
Whenever
Which
Theory
Appears
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
Freedom
Other
Secure
Security
Must
Only
Make
Than
Plan
Reason
In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.
Karl Popper
Reality
Speak
Statement
Must
About
Scientific
Does
Far
Speaks
Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.
Karl Popper
Technology
Engineering
Physical
Beyond
Province
Ends
Regarding
Social
Social Engineering
Resembles
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