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“I spent a couple of years between eleven and thirteen analysing the social evaluations that were taken for granted, also acquiring a thorough scepticism about processes regarded as causal, and the consistency of the physical world, as well as the reliability of my own mental processes. By the time I was thirteen I was running out of things to think about, so starting on a run of exam-taking seemed all the more appropriate, as I was finding it difficult to make use of spare time.”

Letters from Exile (2004)

“The only important thing to realise about history is that it all took place in the last five minutes.”

The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)

“What appear to be the most valuable aspects of the theoretical physics we have are the mathematical descriptions which enable us to predict events. These equations are, we would argue, the only realities we can be certain of in physics; any other ways we have of thinking about the situation are visual aids or mnemonics which make it easier for beings with our sort of macroscopic experience to use and remember the equations.”

The Lost Cause (2003)

“That society exists to frustrate the individual may be seen from its attitude to work. It is only morally acceptable if you do not want to do it. If you want to, it becomes a personal pleasure.”

The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)

“In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is lucky to escape with his life.”

The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)

“The perception that existence exists invalidates the normal personality, as does the imminence of death.”

Advice to Clever Children (1981)

“Education by the State is a contradiction in terms. Intellectual development is only possible to those who have seen through society.”

The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)

“Social justice' - the expression of universal hatred.”

The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)

“It is actually a principle of modern paternalism that if you want something you should be stopped from having it[…] Most foods are harmful to some people if taken in excess, and I expect the only reason that carrots are still available without a prescription is that no one has got very excited about them, or claimed that they might cure cancer.”

Letters from Exile (2004)

“The object of the educational system is to make the child feel suitably guilty for the harm that has been done to him.”

Source: The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)