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Research Programmes, Besides Their Negative Heuristic, Are Also Characterized By Their Positive Heuristic.

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.

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.

The Proving Power Of The Intellect Or The Senses Was Questioned By The Skeptics More Than Two Thousand Years Ago; But They Were Browbeaten Into Confusion By The Glory Of Newtonian Physics.

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