CHICAGO—Highlighting a rising distrust in evidence-based knowledge, a report published Wednesday in the American Journal Of Sociology found that anti-science attitudes were strongest amongst those who believe turtles have a little apartment inside their shell. “Americans who reject or question established scientific consensus are more likely to maintain the wholly unsupported theory that when a […]
  • Seleni@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    At press time, several states had introduced legislation that would require the turtle-apartment theory to be included in high school biology textbooks.

    I don’t know whether to laugh or cry