This is in my opinion why writers—like insomniacs—are so accident-prone, so obsessed with the calculus of bad luck and missed opportunities, so liable to rumination and a concomitant inability to let go of a subject, even when urged repeatedly to do so.

Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victors' being severely tested.

The last thing we wanted was for the Machiguenga to be sad again. Sadness appeared to bring out their violence.

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.

Written By Imre Lakatos

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