Testing Hypotheses – Quote by Karl Popper

„The only way to test a hypothesis is to look for all the information that disagrees with it.“

Karl PopperKarl Popper on testing hypotheses: Science deliberately seeks information that contradicts an assumption.
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Karl Popper was an Austrian-British philosopher and the founder of critical rationalism.

Karl Popper emphasizes that scientific hypotheses are tested especially through information that contradicts them.


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Sir Karl Raimund Popper (1902–1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher. Through his work in the philosophy of knowledge and science, as well as in social, historical, and political philosophy, he shaped critical rationalism. He also served as a professor of logic and scientific methods.

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