Hayek did not believe that the same sort of prediction—and therefore control—that is possible in the natural sciences is attainable in the realm of society. At best, he thought, only a pattern of the future can be predicted in social life. He thought that to attempt to formulate laws of societal development akin to the laws of the physical sciences, as Marx attempted, is doomed to failure.


Hayek's Journey: The Mind of Friedrich Hayek (2003) - Ch. 1 : Darwinian Evolutionary Theory

Alan O. Ebenstein Quotes

Hayek did not believe that the same sort of prediction—and therefore control—that is possible in the natural sciences is attainable in the realm...

Hayek did not believe that the same sort of prediction—and therefore control—that is possible in the natural sciences is attainable in the realm...

Hayek did not believe that the same sort of prediction—and therefore control—that is possible in the natural sciences is attainable in the realm...

Hayek did not believe that the same sort of prediction—and therefore control—that is possible in the natural sciences is attainable in the realm...