This is a smart piece of writing https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/who-are-you-calling-anti-science/ …
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but in your everyday life, do you truly meet many people who are "anti-science" No. People have complicated, contradictory views.
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Of course not. There's the libertarians who want to see fact based legislation of weed but not for raw-milk which should be unregulated
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PETA types who support conservation, but not enough to understand per say the realities of invasive species control
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& they staunchly protest animal research
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And while I am generalizing there are hobbyists down south (birdwatchers, hunters and fishers) don't believe in climate change.
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Supported Trump. And yet they have spent longer than my life time observing the ecosystems they dearly love and know the
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habits and the latin names of their natural residents. I think any scientist in any field realizes that people are complex.
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So I don't see how the article addressing a strawman ivory-tower scientist who can't see this is particularly insightful.
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I mean it does make good points about the perennial and incorrect assumption that we are living in an era where the public doesn't trust us
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