The Mistrust of Science
I would love to see these studies repeated, but asking whether the public believes <i>different</i> reliable, well-studied conclusions of science. For the most part, all these studies ask is whether people trust scientific results that contradict <i>conservative</i> ideology.<p>But there are a variety of reliable scientific results that contradict other ideologies. What would happen if they were included?<p>Examples:<p>- Variance in female intelligence&#x2F;math ability&#x2F;other traits is smaller than for men, at roughly the rate Larry Summers famously speculated about.<p>- Different races within the US have different intelligence levels, and that intelligence is highly predictive of adult outcomes.<p>- Demand curves for labor are downward sloping.<p>- In the nature vs nurture battle, nature won.<p>- Teacher performance can be reliably evaluated with statistics (e.g. VAM).<p>- There is no scientifically demonstrated benefit to organic food, and no harm from GMO.