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"How to Defend Society Against Science" is a 1975 essay by philosopher of science Paul Feyerabend. It is divided into three sections; a historical overview of the nature of science and scientific education, a critique of the notion of scientific method, and thirdly an argument concerning comparative mythology in education and the role of science therein.

Feyerabend characterises science as an ideology that historically was at "forefront of the fight against authoritarianism and superstition" but that had fallen prey to those phenomena by the late 20th-century. He criticises the manner in which science is propagated in education as dogmatic and discouraging of critical thought, characterising it as systematic indoctrination.