US conservatives¡¯ distrust of science

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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.