That we now live in the grip of post-factualism would seem naturally repellent to most physicists. But in championing theory without demanding empirical evidence, we're guilty of ignoring the facts ourselves.
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Hossenfelder, S. Science needs reason to be trusted. Nature Phys 13, 316–317 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys4079
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