"If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power."

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Source : "Peirce's Theory of Inquiry and Beyond" by Thora Margareta Bertilsson, (p. 41), 2009.

Imre Lakatos

#Lying Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Judging Quotes

“I wanted to separate data from programs, because data and instructions are very different.”
“Of course former colonial powers are always more present and influential. They're the ones who need to defend the EU's values on the frontlines.”

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“Life is hard, but it's even harder when you don't wanna face it.”
“I believe that it is an unchanging value of democracy that ends cannot justify the means in politics.”
“It's kind of a crazy thing to decide that you're going to be worth tens and tens and tens of millions of dollars and set out to do that. It doesn't suit everybody.”
“It's shameful that the elites basically have one-and-a-half political parties. Working class men and women have zero parties - or they have half a party. That's exactly what progressives are upset about.”
“My husband's a director, so he understands what I do.”
“I felt I should have been the happiest person in the world. But I looked inside, and that happiness was only on the surface, not so deep. Beneath it was hollow. Up until that time, I had been thinking meditation was a joke, a fad and a waste of time.”

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