In praise of doubt, maybe | Mark Vernon
Why do we have such an unbalanced attitude to doubt, demanding certainty where there is none, and pretending to doubt what everyone knows?Ann Widdecombe makes an arresting observation. We live in an odd world, she told me when I interviewed her for In Doubt We Trust. Doubt in relation to religion is almost mandatory in public life, whereas doubt in relation to politics is almost forbidden.The secular world demands an…