Switzerland
Former EPFL Vice President Mortensen urges distinction between scientific knowledge and opinion
Andreas Mortensen, former research vice president at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and president of EPFL Press, published an opinion piece in the Swiss newspaper Le Temps on July 18, 2026. He argues that science is not a matter of opinion and that the boundary between knowledge and non-knowledge has become dangerously blurred. Mortensen outlines the scientific method and emphasizes the growing responsibility of experts to communicate, impartially, what is factually established.