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While Thomas Kuhn suggested that we "follow the scientific community", Paul Feyerabend suggested we "follow scientific geniuses".
Galileo, Newton and Einstein embodied a rebel spirit that drove scientific innovation.
While Thomas Kuhn suggested that we "follow the scientific community", Paul Feyerabend suggested we "follow scientific geniuses".
Galileo, Newton and Einstein embodied a rebel spirit that drove scientific innovation.
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Feyerabend saw science as a creative and artistic endeavour and believed that it should not limit itself to one method or constrain itself with dogmatic rules.
It is the people that put their careers and reputations on the line that transforms the history of science.
Feyerabend saw science as a creative and artistic endeavour and believed that it should not limit itself to one method or constrain itself with dogmatic rules.
It is the people that put their careers and reputations on the line that transforms the history of science.
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If scientists act as self-righteous bullies, treating laymen as idiots, even if they are right, they should expect kick back from the community.
Instead, scientists should aim to broaden the understanding of their work and listen to the concerns of ordinary citizens.
If scientists act as self-righteous bullies, treating laymen as idiots, even if they are right, they should expect kick back from the community.
Instead, scientists should aim to broaden the understanding of their work and listen to the concerns of ordinary citizens.
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Competition between different theories, including bad theories, is a good thing. We should not wait for a paradigm change to happen. Scientists should, like Galileo, make a paradigm change happen. It is important for some people to challenge the dominant paradigm.
Competition between different theories, including bad theories, is a good thing. We should not wait for a paradigm change to happen. Scientists should, like Galileo, make a paradigm change happen. It is important for some people to challenge the dominant paradigm.
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Feyerabend does not believe we should elevate crackpot or conspiracy ideas to the same level as scientific orthodoxy, however we should not completely wall ourselves off from the ramblings of mad men, because even the ramblings of mad men could have sage wisdom.
Feyerabend does not believe we should elevate crackpot or conspiracy ideas to the same level as scientific orthodoxy, however we should not completely wall ourselves off from the ramblings of mad men, because even the ramblings of mad men could have sage wisdom.
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