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"Statements that are not falsifiable aren't statements on reality."
Really? Is that statement falsifiable? The problem, as the logical positivists finally realized in the 50s, is that all observation is theory-laden, so any project that attempts to make all knowledge 'scientific' is bound to fail, because it's bound to rely in its premises on something that is not itself 'scientific'.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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