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Study finds American trust in scientific expertise survived polarization and previous administration's attack on science (phys.org)

submitted 6 months ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/science@mander.xyz

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A new analysis shows that trust in scientific expertise among the American public remained high during the last six decades and that the Trump administration attacks on scientific expertise did not modify the basic confidence of Americans in science and scientific expertise.

The study, "Citizen attitudes toward science and technology, 1957–2020: Measurement, stability, and the Trump challenge," was published in the journal Science and Public Policy.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The views and actions of the Trump administration with regard to such topics as climate change, environmental protection, and the COVID-19 pandemic were widely condemned as a Republican war on science. But even among conservative Republicans, the proportion with a high level of trust in scientific expertise rose more between 2016 and 2020 than the proportion with a low level of trust.

So the hypocritical cult seekritly still believe in science while still drinking bleach and horse de-wormer.

I guess we’re supposed to be relieved or something.

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago

Which just means they're complicit.

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Between '16-20? But must of the bullshit happened '20 onwards. Not really a relevant sample, IMO.

[–] conquer4@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

16-19 was mostly fraud and abuse, it wasn't until the pandemic that the stupids started dying because of a lack of trust that science works.