Esteban Muzzillo

“We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.”
― Karl R. Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies

“The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error. But science is one of the very few human activities — perhaps the only one — in which errors are systematically criticized and fairly often, in time, corrected. This is why we can say that, in science, we often learn from our mistakes, and why we can speak clearly and sensibly about making progress there.”
― Karl R. Popper, Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

“Our aim as scientists is objective truth; more truth, more interesting truth, more intelligible truth. We cannot reasonably aim at certainty. Once we realize that human knowledge is fallible, we realize also that we can never be completely certain that we have not made a mistake.”
― Karl R. Popper

“The war of ideas is a Greek invention. It is one of the most important inventions ever made. Indeed, the possibility of fighting with with words and ideas instead of fighting with swords is the very basis of our civilization, and especially of all its legal and parliamentary institutions.”
― Karl R. Popper, Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge