"It is a mistake to believe that a science consists in nothing but conclusively proved propositions, and it is unjust to demand that it should. It is a demand only made by those who feel a craving for authority in some form and a need to replace the religious catechism by something else, even if it be a scientific one. Science in its catechism has but few apodictic precepts; it consists mainly of statements which it has developed to varying degrees of probability. The capacity to be content with these approximations to certainty and the ability to carry on constructive work despite the lack of final confirmation are actually a mark of the scientific habit of mind". -- Freud
I didn´t read these lines before (actually till now) , but I have written two thesis about this subject. This is also how I think. And I came to this conclusion without Freud. I was at school at that time when I was thinking like this. And I am schocked by the reality, how much resistence you get if you want to be scientific. Because nobody is interested in science unless you can turn it into money and power...
"Die Stimme der Vernunft ist leise."
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