Max Hastings is worried. So should we all be…

He writes:

Education properly teaches us how to reach conclusions through a measured examination of data. Since the 18th century, intellectual rigour has been acknowledged as a core virtue within western civilisation.Yet a conference was held in London this week under the title The Evidence Initiative, sponsor…

— Read on www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/we-re-in-a-dark-age-where-hearts-rule-minds-5p7gl6g5q