Benefit of the doubt - Het nieuwstedelijk

A young investigative journalist stumbles upon large-scale fraud, in which politics and business are involved. Doubt propels the scientist towards new, clearer insights. Whoever does not have the full truth falls back on reasonable doubt to make a decision. That is the advantage of doubt. But doubt can also be abused and perverted: that is what we call sowing doubt. Wetenschapshistorica Naomi Oreskes (Harvard) showed how tobacco lobby, asbestos or pfas producers and fossil industry deliberately sow doubt to cast doubt on the scientific consensus, well yes. Thus, this lobby already sees a completely different kind of advantage of doubt.