“Most scientists today are devoid of ideas, full of fear, intent on producing some paltry result so that they can add to the flood of inane papers that now constitutes "scientific progress" in many areas.”

How To Defend Society Against Science (1975)

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Austrian-born philosopher of science 1924–1994

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