Political orientation predicts science denial – here's what that means for getting Americans vaccinated against COVID-19

Republicans are four times as likely as Democrats to say they’re not going to get the COVID-19 vaccine. What’s behind the polarization of who trusts or denies science?

Adrian Bardon, Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University • conversation
Sept. 16, 2021 • ~9 min

Politicized science drove lunar exploration and Stalinist pseudoscience – but polarized scientific views are worse than ever

Politics always influences what questions scientists ask. Their intertwined relationship becomes a problem when politics dictates what answers science is allowed to find.

Liv Grjebine, Postdoctoral Fellow in History of Science, Harvard University • conversation
May 26, 2021 • ~8 min

Conservatives value personal stories more than liberals do when evaluating scientific evidence

How much weight would you put on a scientist's expertise versus the opinion of a random stranger? People on either end of the political spectrum decide differently what seems true.

Michelle Sarraf, Master's Student in Economics, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona • conversation
Nov. 9, 2020 • ~6 min

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