Author: Karl Popper

Quotes

Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.

Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.

- Karl Popper

No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.

No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.

- Karl Popper

Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.

Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.

- Karl Popper

We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.

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

Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.

Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.

- Karl Popper

Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.

Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.

- Karl Popper

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