Paul Feyerabend: Critical View on the Separation of Science and Non-Science
“The separation of science and non-science is not only artificial but also detrimental to the advancement of knowledge. If we want to understand nature, if we want to master our physical surroundings, then we must use all ideas, all methods, and not just a small selection of them.”
Paul Feyerabend
Quote by Gore Vidal on Controlling Public Opinion through Media Corporations
“When you control opinion, as corporate America controls opinion in the United States by owning the media, you can make the masses believe almost anything you want, and guide them as you please.”
Gore Vidal
Quote by Philip Plait about the Fascination of the Universe
“The Universe is cool enough without making up crap about it.”
Philip Plait
Quote by Paul Feyerabend: The Only Absolute Truth
“The only absolute truth is that there are no absolute truths.”
Paul Feyerabend
Quote by Gore Vidal on American Politics and the Illusion of Democracy
“It doesn’t actually make any difference whether the President is Republican or Democrat. The genius of the American ruling class is that it has been able to make the people think that they have had something to do with the electing of presidents for 200 years when they’ve had absolutely nothing to say about the candidates or the policies or the way the country is run.”
Gore Vidal
Quote by Werner Heisenberg on Observation and Science
“What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.”
Werner Karl Heisenberg
Gore Vidal Quote on Freedom of Speech in America
“For the average American, freedom of speech is simply the freedom to repeat what everyone else is saying and no more.”
Gore Vidal
Quote by Philip Plait on the Importance of Stars and People
“Just like people, stars can be important without being terribly bright.”
Philip Plait
Paul Feyerabend Quotes on Education and Teaching
“The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.”
Paul Feyerabend
Quote by Paul Feyerabend on Tyrants and Humanity
“I do not see why I should be polite to tyrants, who slobber of humanitarianism and think only of their own petty interests.”
Paul Feyerabend