Quote of the Day

The conspiracy theory of society is very widespread, and it has very little truth in it. Only when conspiracy theoreticians come into power does it become something like a theory which accounts for things which actually happen…But the interesting thing is that such a conspiracy never—or “hardly ever”—turns out the way that is intended.

—Karl Popper, “The Conspiracy Theory of Society”

Quote of the Day

The dogmatic attitude of sticking to a theory as long as possible is of considerable significance. Without it we could never find out what is in a theory—we should give the theory up before we had real opportunity of finding out its strength; and in consequence no theory would ever be able to play its role of bringing order into the world, of preparing us for future events, of drawing our attention to events we should otherwise never observe.

—Karl Popper, Conjectures and Refutations

Quote of the Day

I have often said that from the amoeba to Einstein there is only one step. Both work with the method of trial and error.

—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