Dan Kahan
‘Tribe before truth’: Why scientific knowledge without curiosity can be polarizing
What intellectual capacities—or if one prefers, cognitive virtues—should the citizens of a modern democratic society possess? For decades, one dominant ...
Green fears: Why are pro-science liberals less embracing of GMO safety than conservatives?
[Editor’s note: Dan Kahan is a professor of psychology at Yale Law School. This is a follow-up to an earlier blog ...
Conservatives who trust science more likely to view GMOs as safe than liberal counterparts, survey finds
[Editor's note: Dan Kahan is a professor of psychology at Yale Law School.] [I]n 2010, the General Social Survey (GSS) asked ...
Do ordinary Americans have opinion on health, safety risks of GMOs?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Some "Industrial Strength Risk ...
Pew fumbles survey on science literacy, overstates public opposition to GMOs
So here’s a follow-up on “grading of Pew's public attitudes toward science report”--& why I awarded it a “C-” in promoting ...
Beliefs about creationism not good test of public’s science literacy
When asked if they believe in evolution, half of Americans say no. Experts largely regard this as a test of ...
Exaggerated perception of GMO risk doesn’t align with political left
Despite the common claim that GMO-aversion is a problem of the political left, this does not seem to be so ...
Did Pew stumble in its annual poll on support for evolution, exaggerating Republican-Democrat differences??
A new poll, showing Republicans are increasingly skeptical of evolution, is being questioned for seemingly heightening differences in beliefs between ...