To love truth for truth’s sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world and the seed-plot of all other virtues. John Locke, letter, 1703 (Cooper, 2022) Back in 1990, ‘Put ‘em under pressure’ was the official song for the Republic of Ireland national football team’s FIFA World Cup campaign in Italy. Jackie Charlton’s exhortation was to ‘put ‘em under pressure’. It seems axiomatic that each team puts the other under pressure, so coping with pressure represents a