This may be true of conservatives qua conservatives on the world stage. Conservatism in the US, however, has become married with a very particular dysfunctional

This may be true of conservatives qua conservatives on the world stage. Conservatism in the US, however, has become married with a very particular dysfunctional form of identity politics. And that does tend to deny any science that contradicts the policy prescriptions of its brand of oddly selective libertarianism. The stats are pretty clear on this with US 'conservative' attitudes to public health, climate change, etc.