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Einstein's Results Again Turned The Tables And Now Very Few Philosophers Or Scientists Still Think That Scientific Knowledge Is, Or Can Be, Proven Knowledge.

Man's Respect For Knowledge Is One Of His Most Peculiar Characteristics. Knowledge In Latin Is Scientia, And Science Came To Be The Name Of The Most Respectable Kind Of Knowledge.

Belief May Be A Regrettably Unavoidable Biological Weakness To Be Kept Under The Control Of Criticism: But Commitment Is For Popper An Outright Crime.

Intellectual Honesty Consists In Stating The Precise Conditions Under Which One Will Give Up One's Belief.

One May Rationally Stick To A Degenerating Research Programme Until It Is Overtaken By A Rival And Even After. What One Must Not Do Is To Deny Its Poor Public Record... It Is Perfectly Rational To Play A Risky Game: What Is Irrational Is To Deceive Oneself About The Risk.