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Kahan wrote that not only did the findings surprise him, they embarrassed him.
Ive got to confess, though, I found this result surprising. As I pushed the button to run the analysis on my computer, I fully expected Id be shown a modest negative correlation between identifying with the Tea Party and science comprehension, Kahan wrote.
But then again, I dont know a single person who identifies with the tea party, he continued. All my impressions come from watching cable tv & I dont watch Fox News very often and reading the paper (New York Times daily, plus a variety of politics-focused Internet sites like Huffington Post and POLITICO). Im a little embarrassed, but mainly, Im just glad that I no longer hold this particular mistaken view.
Read more: Eureka! Tea partiers know science - Tal Kopan - POLITICO.com
They also have a firmer grasp of what our Constitution represents, but that's for another shocking study down the road.....
Kahan wrote that not only did the findings surprise him, they embarrassed him.
Ive got to confess, though, I found this result surprising. As I pushed the button to run the analysis on my computer, I fully expected Id be shown a modest negative correlation between identifying with the Tea Party and science comprehension, Kahan wrote.
But then again, I dont know a single person who identifies with the tea party, he continued. All my impressions come from watching cable tv & I dont watch Fox News very often and reading the paper (New York Times daily, plus a variety of politics-focused Internet sites like Huffington Post and POLITICO). Im a little embarrassed, but mainly, Im just glad that I no longer hold this particular mistaken view.
Read more: Eureka! Tea partiers know science - Tal Kopan - POLITICO.com
They also have a firmer grasp of what our Constitution represents, but that's for another shocking study down the road.....