A new analysis shows that trust in scientific expertise among the American public remained high during the last six decades and that the Trump administration attacks on scientific expertise did not modify the basic confidence of Americans in science and scientific expertise.

The study, “Citizen attitudes toward science and technology, 1957–2020: Measurement, stability, and the Trump challenge,” was published in the journal Science and Public Policy.

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    8 months ago

    Between '16-20? But must of the bullshit happened '20 onwards. Not really a relevant sample, IMO.

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      8 months ago

      16-19 was mostly fraud and abuse, it wasn’t until the pandemic that the stupids started dying because of a lack of trust that science works.