The Rejection of Science

We may think that it is uniquely American to discard science as the tool to determine the truth in subjects like the environment, vaccinations, the shape of the Earth, etc.  After all, we re-elected Donald Trump to lead our country, which requires some heavy-duty ignorance.

Yet there are right-wing extremist groups all around the globe, like Germany’s AfD (alternative for Germany).  From this article in “Le Monde,” France has a similar problem.

I’m afraid we need to come to terms with the fact that we live in a post-truth world, or, to put it more accurately, science is now viewed as one of several alternatives for getting at the truth.