tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17669835.post2051334512586990841..comments2023-09-28T03:05:12.121-07:00Comments on Terrance this is stupid stuff: Politicizing Science Causes Both Liberals and Conservatives to Distrust ScienceT. D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11952394767212085011noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17669835.post-84977645624538181042015-02-18T01:08:01.793-08:002015-02-18T01:08:01.793-08:00Absolutely right, Max. This part was poorly writte...Absolutely right, Max. This part was poorly written. Resnick left out the change from liberals to conservatives and then back to liberals.<br /><br />I think he was saying that the study showed that conservatives overall had less trust even in neutral science because more of the politicized issues are done against conservative beliefs, and that taints all science a bit. But, that both camps lose trust in science when it is politicized. Thus, the liberals had lower trust in the global warming/evolution science even though they agree with it than in neutral science because they know it is politicized.<br /><br />If that makes any sense.T. D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11952394767212085011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17669835.post-27735545949132126402015-02-17T15:31:31.533-08:002015-02-17T15:31:31.533-08:00In the nuclear-energy-fracking condition, liberals...<i>In the nuclear-energy-fracking condition, liberals "had a more negative emotional experience than conservatives, resisted the information more than the conservatives," [Erik Nisbet, a communications researcher at Ohio State University] says. They also indicated a lower trust in science than the liberals in the ideological neutral condition (the geology-astronomy condition).</i><br /><br />Okay, these are contradictory statements (unless I'm missing something). It seems that the second statement should read: "They also indicated a lower trust in science than the conservatives..."<br /><br />Otherwise, it makes no sense to me.<br /><br />I do, however, tend to agree with the overall finding that people (especially liberals) are skeptical of material that's at odds with their personal views. It's an interesting piece.MAX Redlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12040240474444763721noreply@blogger.com