The four bases of anti-science beliefs—and what to do about them OhioState PNASNews
, three researchers who study attitudes and persuasion explain the rise in anti-science beliefs today and what can be done about it.
Anti-science beliefs are built on four foundations, or bases, the authors said. These foundations are: thinking scientific sources lack credibility; identifying with groups that have anti-science attitudes; a scientific message that contradicts a person's current beliefs; and a mismatch between how a message is presented and a person's style of thinking.
While these foundations can explain why people reject science, there has been a marked increase in anti-science attitudes in the past decades, the authors said.
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