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Karl Popper on Truth

Here is a little philosophy I like from Karl Popper. It is a little like saying "failure sucks but instructs," but far more elegant:

“Since we can never know anything for sure, it is simply not worth searching for certainty; but it is well worth searching for truth; and we do this chiefly by searching for mistakes, so that we can correct them”

P.S. The source is: Popper, K. R. 1992. In Search of a Better World: Lectures and Essays from Thirty Years.
London: Routledge.

December 02, 2008 | Permalink

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Karl Popper's writing has an amazing logical flow. His essay "The Defense of Rationalism" is fantastic.

Posted by: Brennan | December 04, 2008 at 08:42 PM

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