“Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an i...” — Imre Lakatos Quote

“Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.”

“Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.”

“It would be wrong to assume that one must stay with a research programme until it has exhausted all its heuristic power, that one must not introduce a rival programme before everybody agrees that the point of degeneration has probably been reached.”

“The Couple's Choice is an opportunity to do something that reflects you on a personal level, and, as the first blind contestant on 'Strictly,' it made sense that I should reflect on my sight loss and try to open people's eyes a little to just what can be possible in the darkness.”

“I'm blind without my glasses.”

“There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler.”