From Jonathan Virden
I must disagree with the statement in your editorial that “without trust, no
amount of scientific argument is convincing”. The whole success of science is
based on the absence of trust: “Prove what you say. Can someone else demonstrate
the same thing?” This is why science has progressed so far.
And that is what is so mysterious to nonscientists. They do not know or
accept that the rejection of all emotion, including trust, is the foundation of
modern science.
Sadly, the new generation of scientists has to take much on
“trust” because there would be too much to learn and investigate at first
hand.
Yalding, Kent
