Wading into the Post-Truth Swamp

[摘要] Edward O Wilson, the American sociobiologistand humanist, died on 26 December 2021 atthe age of 92. He offered some keen insightinto human interactions and how we conductresearch: ‘Science belongs to everybody.Its constituent parts can be challenged byanybody in the world who has sufficientinformation to do so. It is not just “anotherway of knowing” as often claimed, makingit coequal with religious faith.’ (The SocialConquest of Earth, 2012).In recent times, society and politics havebeen characterised by polarisation, and theeditor CP Scott would be startled to discoverthat facts are, as he asserted in a 1921 essay,no longer sacred.

[学科分类] 卫生学