Given any rule, however ๏ฟฝfundamental๏ฟฝ or ๏ฟฝnecessary๏ฟฝ for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the rule, but to adopt its opposite.
Paul FeyerabendEvery profession has an ideology and a drive for power that goes far beyond its achievements and it is the task of democracy to keep this ideology and this drive under control. Science is here no different from other institutions.
Paul FeyerabendThose who violate the rules of a language do not enter new territory; they leave the domain of meaningful discourse. Even facts in these circumstances dissolve, because they are shaped by the language and subjected to its limitations.
Paul FeyerabendCopernicanism and other essential ingredients of modern science survived only because reason was frequently overruled in their past.
Paul FeyerabendToday science prevails not because of its comparative merits, but because the show has been rigged in its favour... It reigns supreme because some past successes have led to institutional measures (education; role of experts; role of power groups such as the AMA) that prevent a comeback of the rivals.
Paul Feyerabend