THE TELEGRAPH: Professor Brian Cox: can science survive in our post-truth world?

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In our post-truth universe, where facts kowtow to personal belief, where does that leave science? Prof Brian Cox thinks carefully before saying: “It is important for people in my position – by which I mean scientists that have some sort of public voice – to say that not all opinions are equal.” The 49-year-old physicist, TV presenter and all-round cheerleader for rational thought has seen long-held facts under fire of late. Last week, basketball supremo Shaquille O’Neill expressed his view that the Earth is flat; Donald Trump’s former rival, now colleague, Ben Carson, says he doesn’t believe in the Big Bang.