One of the key principles of sound critical thinking is the acceptance that life is chaotic and messy and there aren’t always easy answers. Sometimes we have to plump for the least-worst option rather than the ideal option and very often, two competing facts can be true at the same time. Understandably, as a species we try to reject this chaos as much as we can. That’s why religion maintains its popularity after all these centuries, it offers satisfying answers to complicated questions. It offers certainty where there is none. However, chaos and contradiction are a part of life and at no time is that more apparent than during a pandemic when the need to arrive at herd immunity collides...
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