Paul Feyerabend

education - immunizing

“The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.”

― Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924-1994)

grades - fear of failure

“'Teachers' using grades and the fear of failure mould the brains of the young until they have lost every ounce of imagination they might once have possessed.”

― Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924-1994)

state church science religion

“The separation of state and church must be complemented by the separation of state and science, that most recent, most aggressive, and most dogmatic religious institution.”

― Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924-1994)

abstract good - religious bastards

“All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards.”

― Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924-1994)

anarchic science

“Science is essentially an anarchic enterprise: theoretical anarchism is more humanitarian and more likely to encourage progress than its law-and-order alternatives.”

― Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924-1994)

“The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anythi...

“The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes.”

― Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924-1994)

dream-world

“We need a dream-world in order to discover the features of the real world we think we inhabit.”

― Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924-1994)