Many "educated citizens" take it for granted that reality is what scientists say it is and that other opinions may be recorded, but need not be taken seriously. But science offers not one story, it offers many; the stories clash and their relation to a story-independent "reality" is as problematic as the relation of the Homeric epics to an alleged "Homeric world."


Pg 27. - Conquest of Abundance (2001 [posthumous])

Paul Feyerabend Quotes

Many educated citizens take it for granted that reality is what scientists say it is and that other opinions may be recorded, but need not be taken...

Many educated citizens take it for granted that reality is what scientists say it is and that other opinions may be recorded, but need not be taken...

Many educated citizens take it for granted that reality is what scientists say it is and that other opinions may be recorded, but need not be taken...

Many educated citizens take it for granted that reality is what scientists say it is and that other opinions may be recorded, but need not be taken...