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German-English psychologist and theorist (d. 1997), Birth: 4-3-1916
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I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it.
Hans Eysenck

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If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.
Hans Eysenck

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Psychotherapy is the prostitution of friendship.
Hans Eysenck

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I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.
Hans Eysenck

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There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.
Hans Eysenck

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Scientists, especially when they leave the particular field in which they are specialized, are just as ordinary, pig-headed, and unreasonable as everybody else, and their unusually high intelligence only makes their prejudices all the more dangerous.
Hans Eysenck

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It is generally agreed by philosophers of science that important contributions which have a revolutionary impact on science are often methodologically inadequate, reveal many anomalies, and may indeed be factually erroneous.
Hans Eysenck

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If you admit that to silence your opponent by force is to win an intellectual argument, then you admit the right to silence people by force.
Hans Eysenck

Quote Topics by Hans Eysenck: Psychotherapy Science Recovery Rate Ifs Mean Prostitution Intelligent Impact Facts World Winning Belief Years Pigs Truth Anomalies Responsibility Important Matter Silence People Two
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They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.
Hans Eysenck

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The more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.
Hans Eysenck