Much of what Karl Popper contributed to the philosophy of science has now passed into mainstream thought, into the currency of that nebulous, tricky ontology known as 'common sense.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Many people, including myself, had our scientific lives changed by the inspiring new vision of science that Popper gave us.
Philosophy was once considered science.
I think people love fundamental science.
Any suggestion that science and religion are incompatible flies in the face of history, logic, and common sense.
Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.
Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.
Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.
Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.
Science is far from the center of the world for most people: even for many with highly sophisticated tastes, interests, and accomplishments.