Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic. – Imre Lakatos
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
I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like Im in a bit of a race to get down on paper the way I really feel about life – or the way it has presented to me. And because it has presented to me very beautifully, this is hard. It is technically very hard to show positive manifestations. – George Saunders