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Washington Post - These charts finally explain where science denial comes from To untangle the roles of politics and religion, let`s turn to the data.
National Geographic - Why Do Many Reasonable People Doubt Science?
We live in an age when all manner of scientific knowledge--from climate change to vaccinations--faces furious opposition. Some even have doubts about the moon landing.
www.ted.com - Can people who deny science be educated? How? | A conversation on TED.com Some of my undergraduate students deny scientific research with the following claims: (1) my experience shows otherwise, (2) scientific results are always...
World Economic Forum - Why do people deny science?
“Why don’t people accept the science of climate change? This is part of a much bigger pattern.”
Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University, introduces a new ...
Big Think - Why Smart People Deny Climate Change Why is democracy so difficult? Could be because it demands that each of us accept, as the anthropologist Clifford Geertz said to me way back when I wrote this, `that other people are as real as you are.` But other people`s opinions are so wrong! Surely they`re deluded, deceived, bought off, stupid ...
answers.yahoo.com - Why do a lot of religious people deny Science? Science is the key to the future yet Christians and Mormons all deny the workings of science and still insist on using holy books.
the Guardian - Can the Republican Party solve its science denial problem? | Dana Nuccitelli
Dana Nuccitelli: Evolution and climate science denial are predominant on the political right; there is no equivalent on the left
Daily Intelligencer - Why Are Republicans the Only Climate-Science-Denying Party in the World?
Other countries have conservative parties that are sane. What did we do to deserve this?
reddit - ELI5: Why people deny climate change? What are their arguments? • r/explainlikeimfive With the GBR news on the front page currently, I learnt that Greg Hunt (Australian environment minister) is a climate-change denier. I`m currently...
Buzzworthy - Why Some People are Still in Denial Over Climate Change & Evolution A look into the psychology behind science denial.
The New Republic - Republicans Can’t Deny Climate Change Forever (Right?)
The Republican Party could be the single greatest impediment to global efforts to slow climate change. But cracks are forming in the conservative wall of denial.
Scientific American - Big Gap between What Scientists Say and Americans Think about Climate Change But the gap may be closing between scientists and the public on global warming
The Conversation - Inoculating against science denial A small dose of a weak form of anti-science can inoculate people against the real thing, just like a vaccine.
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Political Ideology
The main driver of climate science denial is political ideology. Some people don't like the solutions to climate change that involve regulation of polluting industries. Not liking the solutions, they deny there's a problem in the first place.
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People deny science because they think it conflicts with their personal identity