Karl Popper ’s theories are universally taught at universities worldwide as a foundational component of standard academic curricula. Rather than being confined to a single department, his ideas—primarily falsifiability , the problem of induction , and the open society —are integrated across multiple disciplines. Popper argued that an Open Society functions exactly like a laboratory. In science, we advance by making bold claims and eliminating errors through experimentation. In a democracy, we advance by implementing "piecemeal social engineering" (policies) and eliminating errors by voting bad leaders out of office without bloodshed. Both require the absolute freedom to criticise authority and speak openly. Professors often note a cultural divide: while contemporary academic philosophers view Popper’s model as overly simplistic, practicing scientists and science educators still heavily embrace and teach his strict view of the scientific method. ...
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51