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)