Curiously though, it contributes to falsely exaggerated stereotyping, in the sense that given the title and abstract I might expect a far greater percentage (&gt;2.2%) of moon landing disbelievers among climate change disbelievers until until I take time to read through column 8 of table 3 on a potentially publicly inaccessible pdf. Will the journalists report these details? Maybe. Maybe not. Which plays into a larger possible tendency in social psychology: It&#x27;s a poor choice to publish negative sterotype about groups supported by your social justice allies (most of the field, apparently), but it may be more warmly received to sterotype the political opposition, easiest with the low hanging fruit of conspiratorial right wingers.