Educated conservatives don't believe in science

[dmcowen674]

3-29-2012

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout...educated-conservatives-plunges-133908205.html

Study: Trust in science among educated conservatives plunges


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.

The growing distrust of science is entirely focused in two groups — conservatives and people who frequently attend church.

 

[dmcowen674]

No surprise here, just look at the posts over the last ten years by them.

 

[sixone]

"Don't trust" and "don't believe in" mean two entirely different things. Your title is misleading, at best.

 

[Gibsons]

Horrible, this thread.

 

[waffleironhead]

<---------------- P&N that way

 

[Away]

Troll harder.

 

[DesiPower]

<---------------- P&N that way

This, GTFO

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

What do you mean 'don't trust science'?

 

[Aharami]

"Don't trust" and "don't believe in" mean two entirely different things. Your title is misleading, at best.

since science is a fact-based/evidence-based field of study, it does not require 'belief'.

 

[sixone]

since science is a fact-based/evidence-based field of study, it does not require 'belief'.

It does if you're trying to justify global warming as resulting from man's activities on the planet.

 

[busydude]

It does if you're trying to justify global warming as resulting from man's activities on the planet.

Trolololol.

/lawn chair

 

[Drako]

I know this is shocking, but the OP doesn't know which forum to post in.

 

[homercles337]

It does if you're trying to justify global warming as resulting from man's activities on the planet.

NO it does not. Either you accepts facts (in this case man's role in climate change), or you reject facts and accept ignorance.

 

[sonambulo]

P&N, for fuck's sake.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Is this McOwen's latest style? Post an article in the wrong forum, take it completely out of context, misrepresent what it says with an incendiary thread title and then abandon the thread completely?

 

[Aharami]

It does if you're trying to justify global warming as resulting from man's activities on the planet.

then you disagree with the conclusion. not with the scientific facts on global warming

 

[sixone]

then you disagree with the conclusion. not with the scientific facts on global warming

I think science is pretty awesome. The people claiming to practice it...not so much. Like any other tool, science can be used well or badly, or anywhere in between.

 

[Drekce]

I hate posting in troll threads, but I'm a conservative and go to church regularly, so I want to chime in.

"Science" is a broad thing. There are numerous fields of scientific study, and for the most part me and everyone I know "trust" in science. There are specific areas of study, like global warming, that are as political as much as they are scientific, and those are the ones that people have issue with. To take that singular, highly politicized area and imply that conservatives don't believe in or suport science in general isn't legitimate.

 

[NuclearNed]

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.

Not trusting the scientific community != not trusting science. But it does say something about reading comprehension (or deliberate misrepresentation of the article) when someone can't tell the difference.

I don't see how anybody, no matter their political affiliations, trust the current scientific community considering how politicized every single imaginable issue has become.

 

[PokerGuy]

There are a lot of people in the "scientific community" that I don't trust, that I think have an agenda. That doesn't mean I don't trust or understand science.

As usual, thread fail.

 

[pauldun170]

Study is kinda pointless.
Says nothing about age, field of study.
Nothing.

 

[senseamp]

Conservatives don't even believe in evolution.

 

[Atreus21]

3-29-2012

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout...educated-conservatives-plunges-133908205.html

Study: Trust in science among educated conservatives plunges


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.

The growing distrust of science is entirely focused in two groups &#8212; conservatives and people who frequently attend church.

Before looking at the link, I'd be willing to bet 5 bucks that by "science" the article actually means "global warming".

Someone tell me if I'm right.

 

[dank69]

Not trusting the scientific community != not trusting science. But it does say something about reading comprehension (or deliberate misrepresentation of the article) when someone can't tell the difference.

I don't see how anybody, no matter their political affiliations, trust the current scientific community considering how politicized every single imaginable issue has become.

Actual Study

Public trust in science has not declined since 1970 except among conservatives.

 

[NuclearNed]

Actual Study

The study backs up what I posted. People don't trust how politicized science has become. Agreed.