Americans’ trust in science now deeply
polarized, poll shows
Posted By: Ribicon, 1/26/2022 2:11:35 PM
Washington—Republicans’ faith in science is falling as Democrats rely on it even more, with a trust gap in science and medicine widening substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic, new survey data shows. It’s the largest gap in nearly five decades of polling by the General Social Survey, a widely respected trend survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago that has been measuring confidence in institutions since 1972. That is unsurprising to more than a dozen scientists reached for comment by The Associated Press, but it concerns many of them. Science used to be something all Americans would get behind, Rice University historian Douglas Brinkley said.
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Democrats like being told what to think, just like the comfortable days when mommy would say, "Because I said so, that's why." Now we have "Because it's The Science," but some of us aren't playing along, and will need prodding to follow the path of government-approved righteousness.