Just my 2 pence, but my experiences tend towards the sort of opposite of your hunch actually. That opinions on this topic do not vary as a
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E.g., I know scientists, not few at all, who think colonialism was great, deny genocide happened, and think ethnonationalism is a good idea.
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I know scientists, again not a few, who believe in anarcho-capitalism, who believe in white supremacy, who think GMOs cause cancer, etc.
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In fact, I probably know as many with questionable and extreme right wing views in certain areas than I do ones without these views.
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Finding an individual (not scientist) without some kind of questionable/extreme view is literally like looking for a needle in a haystack.
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I disagree because there's a big difference between a blip and the view being central to their worldview.
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The examples I listed are cases where the views were absolutely central to their political views, making the views not a "oops" but a strong
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part of their identity.
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We are talking about if academics are left wing or not, but these views, if held onto strongly, are not left wing views. Ergo academics who
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