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“I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.”
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“If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.” “I know. An overwhelming passion for it.” “No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.”
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“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.”
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“The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.”
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“In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.”
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Karl’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Karl’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
472 books
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128 friends
83 books
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191 friends
842 books
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531 friends
878 books
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76 friends
784 books
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248 friends
1,429 books
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247 friends
362 books
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884 friends
129 books
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320 friends
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Book Club, Business, Children's, Comics, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Politics, Science, and War
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