&gt; &quot;As Feigenbaum understood them, Goethe&#x27;s ideas had true science in them. They were hard and empirical. Over and over again, Goethe emphasized the repeatability of his experiments. It was the perception of colour, to Goethe, that was universal and objective. What scientific evidence was there for a definable real-world quality of redness independent of our perception?&quot;<p>In light of the recent scientific crisis it&#x27;s interesting to look Gothe&#x27;s work with new eyes.