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