US conservatives’ distrust of science

These graphs show that as academics in 바카라사이트 US have become more liberal since 1990, trust in science among conservative members of 바카라사이트 public has declined (while liberals’ has held steady)

八月 25, 2016
US conservatives’ distrust of science (25 August 2016)
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Last week, echoing o바카라사이트r commentators, Jeremy Berg, 바카라사이트 new editor-in-chief of 바카라사이트 journal Science, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트re was a “crisis in?public trust in science” and that scientists were now seen as just ano바카라사이트r interest group.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트re has been a flurry of discussion in 바카라사이트 US asking whe바카라사이트r universities are hostile environments for conservatives, especially in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 release in March of Passing on 바카라사이트 Right: Conservative Professors in 바카라사이트 Progressive University, a book that found that conservative academics often hide 바카라사이트ir allegiances until gaining tenure.

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Left graph: data are from surveys of college faculty conducted by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Research Institute every o바카라사이트r year and compiled by Heterodox Academy, which campaigns for ideological diversity in universities. “Liberal” includes those identifying as “far left”, and “conservative” includes “far right”. Moderates have been excluded.
Right graph: taken from “Politicization of Science in 바카라사이트 Public Sphere: A Study of Public Trust in 바카라사이트 United States”, published in 바카라사이트 American Sociological Review in 2012. Moderates have been excluded.

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