I have spoken to Einstein and he admitted to me that his theory was in fact no different from the one of Parmenides. Karl Popper More Quotes by Karl Popper More Quotes From Karl Popper Appealing to his [Einstein's] way of expressing himself in theological terms, I said: If God had wanted to put everything into the universe from the beginning, He would have created a universe without change, without organisms and evolution, and without man and man's experience of change. But he seems to have thought that a live universe with events unexpected even by Himself would be more interesting than a dead one. Karl Popper events men interesting A theory is just a mathematical model to describe the observations. Karl Popper atheism theory religion There is an almost universal tendency, perhaps an inborn tendency, to suspect the good faith of a man who holds opinions that differ from our own opinions. It obviously endangers the freedom and the objectivity of our discussion if we attack a person instead of attacking an opinion or, more precisely, a theory. Karl Popper objectivity society men The use of violence is justified only under a tyranny which makes reforms without violence impossible, and should have only one aim, that is, to bring about a state of affairs which makes reforms without violence possible. Karl Popper atheism use should-have Science is perhaps the only human activity in which errors are systematically criticized and, in time, corrected. Karl Popper errors humans science I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'. Karl Popper democracy freedom government Simple statements are to be prized more highly than less simple ones because they tell us more; because their empirical content is greater; and because they are better testable. Karl Popper statements greater simple Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths. Karl Popper myth criticism The fundamental thing about human languages is that they can and should be used to describe something; and this something is, somehow, the world. To be constantly and almost exclusively interested in the medium - in spectacle-cleaning - is a result of a philosophical mistake. Karl Popper philosophical fundamentals mistake The conspiracy theory of society... comes from abandoning god and then asking: "Who is in his place" Karl Popper conspiracy theory asking It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I think that this is a mistake. All that is needed is a readiness to learn from one's partner in the discussion, which includes a genuine wish to understand what he intends to say. If this readiness is there, the discussion wrighteous stupidityill be the more fruitful the more the partner's backgrounds differ. Karl Popper learning mistake knowledge I have come to the conclusion that Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme. Karl Popper metaphysical evolution research Some scientists find, or so it seems, that they get their best ideas when smoking; others by drinking coffee or whisky. Thus there is no reason why I should not admit that some may get their ideas by observing, or by repeating observations. Karl Popper coffee drinking science The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is, the natural selection of hypotheses: our knowledge consists, at every moment, of those hypotheses which have shown their (comparative) fitness by surviving so far in their struggle for existence, a competitive struggle which eliminates those hypotheses which are unfit. Karl Popper struggle science knowledge All we can do is search for the falsity content in our best theory. Karl Popper falsity theory science Understanding a theory has, indeed, much in common with understanding a human personality. We may know or understand a man's system of dispositions pretty well; that is to say, we may be able to predict how he would act in a number of different situations. But since there are infinitely many possible situations, of infinite variety, a full understanding of a man's dispositions does not seem to be possible. Karl Popper numbers men science 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 political kind world Every discovery contains an irrational element or a creative intuition. Karl Popper intuition creative discovery My thesis is that what we call 'science' is differentiated from the older myths not by being something distinct from a myth, but by being accompanied by a second-order tradition-that of critically discussing the myth. ... In a certain sense, science is myth-making just as religion is. Karl Popper tradition criticism order Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again. Karl Popper technology alive science
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