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We are going through interesting, but uncertain times. Some call it as posttruth cultural milieu where debates are framed largely by appeals to emotions rather than factual realities. Needless to say that it is antithetical to scientific method that revolves primarily around falsification (read Kathleen Higgins in Nature dated 1 December 2016, for those who are 'perplexed' about post-truth).
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