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The fact that most highly educated are liberal doesn't imply that most liberals are highly educated. I would guess (and hope) that most anti-vaxers are not hig
by tempestn 10y ago
The fact that most highly educated are liberal doesn't imply that most liberals are highly educated. I would guess (and hope) that most anti-vaxers are not highly educated, liberal or not.
- sandworm101 10y agoPerhaps not highly educated in the sciences. Many US schools allow students to graduate without any real exposure to science.
- tempestn 10y agoWe're talking about post-graduate degrees though. I would hope that most people with advanced degrees would have the critical thinking skills to understand the net benefits of vaccination, even without formal training in science.
- raverbashing 10y ago> . I would hope that most people with advanced degrees would have the critical thinking skills to understand the net benefits of vaccination Yeaaaaah. No. Not really But to be honest a lot of people trained in "hard fields" have some trouble with concepts that are "easier" for the people in the humanities field
- sandworm101 10y agoThe lawyers? I know them. Most have no understanding of the metric system. Their science education stopped in grade school.
- 13years 10y agoYet Silicon Valley has been noted as having disproportionately low vaccination rates. http://www.wired.com/2015/02/closer-look-silicon-valleys-dismal-vaccination-numbers/ http://www.wired.com/2015/02/closer-look-silicon-valleys-dis...