1. Lets take a look at who is anti-science: 93 % of scientists acknowledge the necessity of animal research, as do 62 % of Republicans, but only 48% of Democrats.
Section 5: Evolution, Climate Change and Other Issues | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
a. Nuclear power plants? 70 % of scientists favor, as do 62 % of Republicans, but only 45% of Democrats Ibid.
b. The National Academy of Sciences found that genetically engineered food is safe. So say more Republicans (48%) than Democrats (42%)
Who?s More Anti-Science: Republicans or Democrats? - Reason.com
2. Republicans are more scientifically literate than Democrats or independents are
with respect to belief in astrology, the need for control groups, probability, antibiotics, exposure to radioactivity
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The Audacious Epigone: Republicans are more scientifically literate than Democrats or independents are
a. Razib Khan reanalyzed the data and found that conservatives and liberals are roughly equal in their knowledge of science, but that both are more knowledgeable than moderates.
Berezow and Campbell, Science Left Behind, p. 212.
So
.Republicans/conservatives less science literate or knowledgeable? Hardly.
But do Democrats/liberals win the decibel battle
..seems likely.
3. And, let's consider where the Left and the Right fit in as far as what science is, and what it isn't.
Doesnt is seem that Leftists applying to social justice involves morality?
Science has nothing to do with morality.
a. Just who has imposed on the suffering
human race poison gas, barbed wire, high explosives, experiments in eugenics, the formula for Zyklon B, heavy artillery,
pseudo-scientific justifications for mass murder, cluster bombs,
attack submarines, napalm, inter continental ballistic missiles,
military space platforms, and nuclear weapons?
Berlinski, The Devils Delusion.
That would be science, wouldnt it?
And that is where the Left aligns itself....sans morality.