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Wilhelm Reich
(24 Mar 1897 - 3 Nov 1957)
Austrian psychologist whose controversial research and social theories degraded into pseudoscience, leading to a trial for fraud, which resulted in a sentence to prison, where he died.
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Science Quotes by Wilhelm Reich (2 quotes)
Honest pioneer work in the field of science has always been, and will continue to be, lifes pilot. On all sides, life is surrounded by hostility. This puts us under an obligation.
— Wilhelm Reich
In Function of the Orgasm: Discovery of the Orgone (1927, 1973), 37.
Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena.
— Wilhelm Reich
In Function of the Orgasm: Discovery of the Orgone (1927, 1973), 39-40.
See also:
- 24 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Reich's birth.
- Fury On Earth: A Biography Of Wilhelm Reich, by Myron Sharaf. - book suggestion.
- Booklist for Wilhelm Reich.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
