Tips for Life
By Alan Bailey
OF all the things we value, truth and certainty must take a prominent part. Trusting in something dodgy or untrue can have serious consequences.
It’s a bit disconcerting to realise that the thing we trust most to deliver truth, that is science, can be wrong. Indeed, history is full of examples of things once believed but now thrown out. Sure, it’s all part of the development of knowledge, but alas, lies and half-truths are in the mix and are embraced even by the masses, who are then unwilling to let them go.