Gerald Hüther (born 15 February 1951 in Emleben) is a German neurobiologist and author of popular science books and other writings.

[3] According to his own statement, he "[...] ließ die Schule über [sich] ergehen und hoffte, dass sie bald vorbeigehen würde [...]" ("[...] he just endured school and hoped it would pass soon [...]").

[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] He is of the opinion that schools in Germany are deliberately so bad that they produce immature voters and thus the needs of as many people as possible are disregarded, whereby they seek as many substitute satisfactions as possible, „[...] damit wir genügend Kunden für den Müll haben, den wir hier ihnen andrehen wollen [...]“ ("[...] so that we have enough customers for the rubbish that we want to sell them here [...]").

[19] He thinks that children inherently want to learn[24] and supported the 2019 feature film CaRabA #LebenohneSchule, initiated by Bertrand Stern, which introduces unschooled, free-educated people.

[1] He thinks that the current school system in Germany trains people for those professions that will no longer exist in the future because they are being automated.