"Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification." ― Karl Popper Topic(s): Science More From Karl Popper "Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths." "Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology." "We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure." More In Science "I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded."― Paul Nurse "But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction."― Jack Vance "I’m not so interested any more in how a great deal of science fiction goes. It goes into things like Star Wars and Star Trek which all go excellent in their own way."― Robert Sheckley