#1 2012-03-29 12:15:04
Conservatives, particularly those with college educations, have become dramatically more skeptical of science over the past four decades, according to a study published in the April issue of the American Sociological Review. Fewer than 35 percent of conservatives say they have a "great deal" of trust in the scientific community now, compared to nearly half in 1974.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/stu … 08205.html
....and discuss.
PS-
Some of the comments on that article reinforce my desire to stockpile ammunition.
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#2 2012-03-29 13:57:57
You know, that article never once defines "science". Are we talking nuclear physics or social "science"? Climate "science"?
It's like saying you distrust "math" because of some spurious statistics someone is trying to sell you.
Any "news" article that talks about a study without a link to the original text of the original study (with the actual questions used in the survey) is completely discredited in my book.
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#3 2012-03-29 14:19:41
GooberMcNutly wrote:
You know, that article never once defines "science". Are we talking nuclear physics or social "science"? Climate "science"?
It's like saying you distrust "math" because of some spurious statistics someone is trying to sell you.
Any "news" article that talks about a study without a link to the original text of the original study (with the actual questions used in the survey) is completely discredited in my book.
Besides, everyone knows that science is only useful if it supports the bottom line.
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#4 2012-03-29 14:55:06
OK, I guess that's long enough.
What about the equating of science with the scientific community? So the scientific community is in fact science? No, it's the people who practice it. It's like saying you distrust medicine because a few doctors without scruples will prescribe anything without reason.
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#5 2012-03-29 15:06:28
Global Warming
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#6 2012-03-29 17:34:19
While we are kvetching about the science of conservative assumptions, “Friends don’t let friends have pink balls.”
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