SUE DE GROOT | Don’t go looking for proof in puddings unless you can swallow age-old truths

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Proving one’s worth, be that as a journalist, a pudding, a politician or a hedgehog, is an onerous undertaking.

In what some folks weirdly call a “post-truth world”, how is it possible to prove the truth of a particular fact, no matter how robustly this truth might be backed up by peer-reviewed scientific research, when those who dispute “truth” and “proof” have only to say: “Ah, but you’re ignoring the alternative ‘facts’.”..A subscription gives you full digital access to all Sunday Times content.Registered on the BusinessLIVE, Business Day or Financial Mail websites? Sign in with the same details.

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