PGreen
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In recent years, two narratives have been competing to explain the often-testy relationship between science and ideology. One asserts that all political partisans tend to deny scientific findings when they threaten their world view. The other insists that conservatives are much more resistant to accepting settled science than liberals.
A pair of new studies featured in a special “politics and science” edition of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science suggests both assertions are fundamentally correct.
http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/ideology-often-trumps-science-especially-among-conservatives
What do you think about it?
Given those findings, their conclusion that “in a time of extreme polarization, there is some reason to believe that science can offer common ground” comes across as somewhat wishful thinking.
A pair of new studies featured in a special “politics and science” edition of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science suggests both assertions are fundamentally correct.
http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/ideology-often-trumps-science-especially-among-conservatives
What do you think about it?
Given those findings, their conclusion that “in a time of extreme polarization, there is some reason to believe that science can offer common ground” comes across as somewhat wishful thinking.
