metascience 8
- Observation is always selective
- Confirmations should count only when they come from risky predictions
Karl Popper
Austrian-British philosopher of science (1902 to 1994), professor at the London School of Economics; author of The Logic of Scientific Discovery and The Open Society and Its Enemies.
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What Karl Popper says most about
happiness 3
- Do not aim to bring about happiness by political means
- There is no scientific way of choosing between two ends
humility 3
- There are no ultimate sources of knowledge: every source is welcome, and every source is open to criticism
- Rational discussion needs only a readiness to learn from one's partner in it
agency 2
- Work to eliminate concrete evils rather than to realize abstract goods
- Public opinion is something everyone can influence, philosophers especially
optimism 2
- The Utopian attitude is opposed to reasonableness
- Rather than heaven on earth, we can make life a little less terrible and a little less unjust in each generation