Results from a given approach are "facts" as long as the approach fits the group or the tradition that is being addressed.

Unanimity of opinion may be fitting for a church, for the frightened or greedy victims of some (ancient, or modern) myth, or for the weak and willing followers of some tyrant. Variety of opinion is necessary for objective knowledge. And a method that encourages variety is also the only method that is comparable with a humanitarian outlook.

Results from a given approach are "facts" as long as the approach fits the group or the tradition that is being addressed.

The only absolute truth is that there are no absolute truths.

The validity of usefulness, adequacy of popular standards can be tested only by research that violates them.

Given any rule, however �fundamental� or �necessary� for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the rule, but to adopt its opposite.

Every 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.