Responding to scientific uncertainty

Science provides an impressive path to certainty in some areas, particularly in physics. However, as scientists seek to describe increasingly complex entities, moving from chemistry to biology, and then to humans and societies, the level of uncertainty increases. One observes a wide range of responses to scientific knowledge being uncertain. Here are a few. Denial. Science is about facts and absolute truth. There really isn’t a problem. We should just trust the scientists. Minimisation. There...