Quote by Feyerabend, Paul
"The purpose of science is not to discover eternal truths but to produce useful instruments."
"The purpose of science is not to discover eternal truths but to produce useful instruments."
"Science is an essentially anarchistic enterprise: theoretical anarchism is more humanitarian and more likely to encourage progress than its law-and-order alternatives."
"The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes."
"Knowledge so obtained is power, and power is always directed to some end that is of interest to the being that possesses it."
"A theory is accepted not because it has been proven correct but because it is useful."