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Conservative Americans consistently distrust science, survey finds
- toomuchtodo 1y agoAbstract: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02147-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02147-z
- JumpCrisscross 1y agoIs there a control for education and/or exposure to science? (My other pet variable for such studies is predicted exposure to lead, if you have place of birth and age data.)
- toomuchtodo 1y agoGood eye on the lead exposure. I haven’t pulled the paper yet to speak to the control.
- like_any_other 1y agoRelated: Research proposals hypothesizing either "reverse discrimination" (i.e., against White males) or conventional discrimination (i.e., against ethnic minorities) were submitted to 150 Internal Review Boards. Everything else about the proposals was held constant. The "reverse discrimination" proposals were approved less often than the conventional discrimination proposals. [1,2] Diversity Statements Required for One-Fifth of Academic Jobs [3] Berkeley Weeded Out Job Applicants Who Didn't Propose Specific Plans To Advance Diversity [4] Researchers Axed Data Point Undermining ‘Narrative’ That White Doctors Are Biased Against Black Babies [5,6] [1] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/abs/political-diversity-will-improve-social-psychological-science-1/A54AD4878AED1AFC8BA6AF54A890149F https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain... [2] https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1986-12806-001 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1986-12806-001 [3] https://www.schoolinfosystem.org/2021/11/11/study-diversity-statements-required-for-one-fifth-of-academic-jobs/ https://www.schoolinfosystem.org/2021/11/11/study-diversity-... [4] https://reason.com/2020/02/03/university-of-california-diversity-initiative-berkeley/ https://reason.com/2020/02/03/university-of-california-diver... [5] https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/31/exclusive-researchers-axed-data-point-undermining-narrative-that-white-doctors-are-biased-against-black-babies/ https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/31/exclusive-researchers-axe... [6] https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/10/27/the-data-hinted-at-racism-among-white-doctors-then-scholars-looked-again https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/10/27/the-data-...