Science: Can we trust the experts? by the Institute of Ideas, Hodder and Stoughton, £5.99, ISBN 0340848367 Reviewed by Roy Herbert
THE credibility of experts has been weakened in so many ways that public opinion now seems to be a mixture of cynicism compounded by fear. Is global warming a fact or not? What really are the risks of the MMR vaccine? Is the tag “Frankenstein foods” coined by the press, which led to the withdrawal of genetically modified products from supermarkets, sensible or stupid? There are experts in every camp, and it’s hard to know who to believe.
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