Dan Kahan
Articles written for the GLP list the source as Genetic Literacy Project. All other articles were written for the sources noted with excerpts provided by the GLP.
‘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 ...