I've only just realised how I’ve gradually changed my mind about organic farming. But at the same time, many of the beliefs I have about it are exactly the same as they were a decade or so ago. This strange blend of change and consistency tells us something important about critical thinking.
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Boris Johnson’s trade deal does not bring “glad tidings of great joy” but final confirmation that a special relationship has been turned into a purely transactional one.
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Where’s the evidence? After years in which respect for science and reason has been in decline, it should be encouraging to hear this question being doggedly asked. And yet the demand for evidence is being used by those sceptical of measures scientists generally support to bring the virus under control: vaccines, lockdowns, masks. Ironically, the scientists’ mantra is now being used against them. How did this happen?
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