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

submitted 1 year 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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[–] natecheese@kbin.melroy.org -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I generally have a pretty high trust in science, but my faith is shaken when I come across shit like this

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

This was an amazing read, although that doesn't mean that science is somehow at fault in this. As usual, it's people and bureaucratic institutions that make this possible, but it's also people who find it out and call con-artists out