“The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becom...” — Imre Lakatos Quote

“The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.”

“Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one.”

“The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.”

“Seeing my mother struggle with her weight confused me: I looked at her and thought she was beautiful, she was my mom. And this woman, who I looked up to everyday, couldn't see her own beauty?”

“When I got to be, like, in high school and stuff, I sort of was drawn to that feeling of feeling uncomfortable in my skin and being confused by human beings, like, just constantly confused.”

“I was starstruck and completely confused; making a film of this story hadn't even occurred to me, and I hadn't written a single line of the book yet. I had no idea how this man knew anything about my book proposal.”