Inexact science
FIRST IN
FOR THE PAST 15 MONTHS or so it’s become a mantra that we should all “follow the science”. Science has been a useful prop for politicians keen to deflect blame for unpopular decisions, though it won’t have escaped anyone’s notice that they follow it slavishly when it suits them but are perfectly happy to set it aside when it doesn’t.
Science is often referred to as if it’s holy writ, tablets of wisdom passed down from the mountain which we would be wise to use for guidance.