How do we deal with the false perception that liberals are more inclined
to trust science than conservatives? Also, how do we approach the media’s
fondness for focusing on the unscientific views of some conservatives but
ignoring the irrational — and oftentimes more consequential — beliefs of their
fellow liberals?
Though outing GOP candidates as skeptics of science may confirm the
secular liberal’s own sense of intellectual superiority, it usually has nothing
to do with policy. However, if you walk around believing that pesticides are
killing your children or that fracking will ignite your drinking water or if
you hyperventilate about the threat of the ocean’s consuming your city, you
have a viewpoint that not only conflicts with science but undermines progress.
So how do we approach matters that have been settled among scientists but are
not widely accepted by liberals?......What are we to make of people who mock
religion as imaginary but believe an astrological sign should determine whom
you date or are concerned that they will be whisked away in a flying saucer…….48
percent of adults in the United States believe that alien spacecraft are
observing our planet right now. Among those who do believe extraterrestrials
are hanging around, 69 percent are Democrats. Democrats are also significantly
likelier than Republicans to believe in fortunetelling and about twice as
likely to believe in astrology. I won’t even get into 9/11 truthers....To Read More....
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