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Re: Nice essay on Popper
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2021, 05:31:36 PM »
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Re: Nice essay on Popper
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2021, 05:52:53 PM »
How much do I have to listen to before I get to the part about copper?!
Popper not copper

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Re: Nice essay on Popper
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2021, 05:57:26 PM »
Popper not copper
Ah, well - that's old age and synthetic Dave for you!!
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Re: Nice essay on Popper
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2021, 04:48:05 PM »
Loved this

https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/01/26/karl-popper-in-search-of-a-better-world-truth-certainty/
Interesting. Makes sense that searching for certainty can be pointless and that it's more useful to be aware of our fallibility and seek to reduce it, though we can't eliminate it completely.
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Re: Nice essay on Popper
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2021, 04:54:39 PM »
Interesting. Makes sense that searching for certainty can be pointless and that it's more useful to be aware of our fallibility and seek to reduce it, though we can't eliminate it completely.
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