From Robert Morley, London, UK
In your leader article, you write that from “vaccine sceptics at the heart of the US government to the continued global paralysis when it comes to climate action, science has been under siege in 2025”, and that those “who believe in rationality and evidence must continue to fight back against the encroaching darkness” (13/20 December 2025, p 8).
I agree that evidence and reason matter deeply. However, true science advances not by insulating accepted views from challenge, but by subjecting them to it. By testing assumptions and welcoming scepticism, science corrects error, deepens understanding and avoids consensus ossifying into dogma.
