Study: More Conservatives Than Ever Distrust Science | Just 35 percent of self-identified conservatives said they had a “great deal of trust in science” in 2010, a new report published in the journal American Sociological Review reveals. The finding marks a 28 percent decline since the first survey taken in 1974, “when 48 percent of conservatives—about the same percentage as liberals—trusted science.” According to the report, support for science has remained relatively flat amongst liberals and moderates.
– Fatima Najiy http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/03/29/454952/study-more-conservatives-than-ever-distrust-science/ Science Matt Osborne · Subscribe · Top Commenter Because other than the automobile, antibiotics, the internet, air conditioning, and electronic bank transfers, WHAT HAS SCIENCE EVER GOTTEN RIGHT? Reply · 4 · Like · Follow Post · 16 hours ago Ratty Gillies · Top Commenter The aqueduct? Reply · 2 · Like · 15 hours ago Cindy Bowers · Top Commenter · Kennesaw, Georgia Good one! Reply · Like · 15 hours ago Rip Arrowood · Top Commenter · Rutherfordton, North Carolina Distrust or can't comprehend? Reply · 5 · Unlike · Follow Post · 16 hours ago Michael Loraine · Cal Poly San Luis Obispo "Study: More Conservatives Than Ever Distrust Science". I suppose that's fair. More Scientists Than Ever Distrust Conservatives, Too. Reply · 4 · Unlike · Follow Post · 12 hours ago Craig Roth · Top Commenter · Broome CC Its like not trusting math! What a bunch of, superstitious, fear riddled, cowards. Reply · 3 · Like · Follow Post · 18 hours ago J.R. Bauer · Subscribe · Bellarmine University Hmm, well it goes to the whole idea of "conserving" something, doesn't it? If you are looking to conserve a tradition, why would the conservative want to fudge it up with new information that may question the basis if not out right truth of the tradition? As I understand it, this requires a repudiation of anything that does not agree with one's personal worldview, ie, self-delusion is necessary for the "truth" to remain the tradition. Reply · 2 · Like · Follow Post · 13 hours ago Hooda Thunk· Top Commenter (signed in using Hotmail) Science is scary. It involves facts that are related to reality. Reply · 2 · Like · Follow Post · 16 hours ago Ratty Gillies · Top Commenter "I don't trust science." I'm not sure what that even means. Physics is some kind of trick? Biology comes from Satan? Do these people trust in aerodynamics enough to get into an airplane? Reply · 1 · Like · Follow Post · 16 hours ago Samuel Muir· Top Commenter (signed in using Hotmail) I'm sorry but aero-whatics? We all know it's Jesus that keeps planes in the air!: http://www.unfinishedman.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Jesus-grabbing-plane-e1289278519338.jpg Reply · 2 · Like · 16 hours ago Ratty Gillies · Top Commenter Samuel Muir I don't know, it's either aerodynamics or aeronautics. Obviously, I'm no scientist. You can trust me! Reply · 1 · Like · 14 hours ago Samuel Muir· Top Commenter (signed in using Hotmail) I think we're both wrong, at least in the usage of the terms but I think people get what we meant. http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/aeronautics/1.html Aeronautics is typically defined as the art or science of flight, or the science of operating aircraft. This includes a branch of aeronautics called aerodynamics. Aerodynamics deals with the motion of air and the way it interacts with objects in motion, such as an aircraft. Both of these branches are a part of the tree of physical science. Aviation, however, refers to the operation of heavier-than-air craft. Reply · 2 · Unlike · 14 hours ago View 4 more Rip Arrowood · Top Commenter · Rutherfordton, North Carolina Conservatives think with their wallet. They think science, in some way, will cost them something. Reply · 1 · Like · Follow Post · 15 hours ago Greg Tipton · Johnson City, Tennessee Like Colbert said, reality has a well-known liberal bias; we know how they feel about anything liberal! Reply · 1 · Like · Follow Post · 16 hours ago Cindy Bowers · Top Commenter · Kennesaw, Georgia Stupid is as stupid does. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
