The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies. – Imre Lakatos
Einsteins results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge. – Imre Lakatos
Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic. – Imre Lakatos
Positive, healthy, loving relationships in your twenties… I dont know if anyone would disagree with it: I think theyre the exception, not the norm. People are either playing house really aggressively because theyre scared of what an uncertain time it is, or theyre avoiding commitment altogether. – Lena Dunham
I had a 2-week courtship with a fellow student in the fiction workshop in Iowa and a 5-minute wedding in a lawyers office above the coffee shop where wed been having lunch that day. And so I sent a cable to my father saying, By the time you get this, Daddy, Ill already be Mrs. Blaise! – Bharati Mukherjee