This leads to the writing of books of varying character and size, which one suspects are more interesting … to their authors than they are to any considerable number of readers. … this may be a comforting thought, since it means that books on methodology probably do not do much damage. The chief reservation would be that they are most likely to be read and taken seriously by the young.

Modern economists frequently preach falsificationism … but they rarely practice it: their working philosophy of science is aptly described as “innocuous falsificationism.”

If one accepts the terminology of logical positivism and especially of Popper, a theory or hypothesis is “unscientific” if in principle it cannot be refuted by experience. Consequently, all apriori theories, including mathematics and praxeology, are “unscientific.” This is merely a verbal quibble. No serious man wastes his time in discussing such a terminological question. Praxeology and economics will retain their paramount significance for human life and action however people may classify and describe them.

[I]f French chefs resembled neoclassical economists, French cuisine would be more monotonous, for the chefs would use very few ingredients. They would also strenuously insist that food containing any other ingredients was not French.