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Because if the earth was round, we'd slide off. Nailzberg Mar 2016 #1
Poor science. HuckleB Mar 2016 #16
No such thing Major Nikon Apr 2016 #97
Because science isn't a priority in school curricula any more. NV Whino Mar 2016 #2
When I was teaching high school social studies Bigmack Apr 2016 #84
They are not reasonable people malaise Mar 2016 #3
Don't dis DRAMA! HuckleB Mar 2016 #4
you struck the nail on the proverbial head TimeToEvolve Mar 2016 #10
Precisely malaise Mar 2016 #24
My thoughts exactly. we can do it Mar 2016 #75
My own uninformed opinion is that its influenced by poor science reporting and lack... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #5
I suspect your hypothesis is worth exploring. HuckleB Mar 2016 #6
The media has never helped. Archae Mar 2016 #14
I would add movies and tv along with that Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2016 #35
Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #7
Nice try - here's your new hat hatrack Mar 2016 #8
Oh, boy. HuckleB Mar 2016 #11
they are called the laws of thermo-fucking-dymanics!!!!!! TimeToEvolve Mar 2016 #12
the main graph from the Mann paper Angel Martin Mar 2016 #19
That's like "my cancer isn't spreading as fast as the doctors said, so I must not have cancer" progressoid Mar 2016 #20
No, what the data in the Mann paper means Angel Martin Mar 2016 #25
Volcanic activity? Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #27
Temperatures have more or less flatlined? SheilaT Mar 2016 #53
That's the mantra of denialists. HuckleB Mar 2016 #54
Uhhh... NO. You did not read the concluding remarks. Adrahil Mar 2016 #70
+1 HuckleB Mar 2016 #71
+1 n/t Gormy Cuss Apr 2016 #86
Your graph is out of date muriel_volestrangler Mar 2016 #26
Climate science is more complex than you think. Here's is an explanation. Chemisse Apr 2016 #126
Reality is what's still there whether anyone believes it or not bhikkhu Mar 2016 #15
somebody better tell Antartica edhopper Mar 2016 #29
"had put something in the water" awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #9
yet it is the Pb they should be worried about it. TimeToEvolve Mar 2016 #13
I was making a awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #18
1. They're not reasonable and 2. An outsider describes it best - Richard Dawkins said MillennialDem Mar 2016 #17
Not so fast. EllieBC Mar 2016 #56
Unfortunately, many people with non-science higher educations... HuckleB Apr 2016 #125
The saddest aspect of life right now... progressoid Mar 2016 #21
+1,000... 000 HuckleB Mar 2016 #41
also from Asimov... alp227 Apr 2016 #101
many otherwise reasonable people have a lot invested in doubting science 0rganism Mar 2016 #22
Answer seems simple to me. Money. There's money to be made. Festivito Mar 2016 #23
except the vast majority of people who deny science edhopper Mar 2016 #28
Conservatives don't hate facts. They don't trust facts. DetlefK Mar 2016 #32
good post. edhopper Mar 2016 #63
Didn't mean to say they did. Check out the leader's income from donations. Festivito Mar 2016 #49
I agree that the motivation for edhopper Mar 2016 #62
Because science is everywhere, but few people actually understand it. DetlefK Mar 2016 #30
The scientific method, I don't doubt get the red out Mar 2016 #31
Yes, this is a problem is science reporting. alarimer Mar 2016 #38
Reasonable people do not exist. AngryAmish Mar 2016 #33
They're not reasonable rjsquirrel Mar 2016 #34
Three possible reasons whatthehey Mar 2016 #36
Some aspect of Dunning-Kruger, possibly. alarimer Mar 2016 #37
Science is not about belief. nt bemildred Mar 2016 #39
I don't think numbers have changed, with the intertubes though every fucking idiot has a voice snooper2 Mar 2016 #40
some of it is overreaction to exposed junk science Amishman Mar 2016 #42
It's amazing that the press miscovers most actual science, and then hypes the junk. HuckleB Mar 2016 #43
Because they don't understand it. Avalux Mar 2016 #44
Education in this country is in need of serious reform seanjoycek476 Mar 2016 #45
Look how many people attack GMO foods. former9thward Mar 2016 #46
The article addresses that topic. HuckleB Mar 2016 #50
No, they have all sorts of evidence Major Nikon Apr 2016 #106
It's a disc on elephants riding on the Great Sky Turtle, Atuin. GoneOffShore Mar 2016 #47
In this country we stupidly venerate "faith" over facts. Arugula Latte Mar 2016 #48
It took me about 3 years to convince a friend of my who is smart that "reality TV" LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #51
Oh, goodness. HuckleB Mar 2016 #52
To begin with, science is often not very well taught in high school in the first place. SheilaT Mar 2016 #55
Your explanation doesn't cover the other half. EllieBC Mar 2016 #57
Even in non Bible belt SheilaT Mar 2016 #59
And a lot of it is that even the well educated EllieBC Mar 2016 #61
Yes. Logic and logical thinking SheilaT Mar 2016 #67
Because science is sometimes wrong. kwassa Mar 2016 #58
You've outlined the ways that pseudoscience promoters push mistrust of science. HuckleB Mar 2016 #64
You are incorrect, sir. kwassa Mar 2016 #76
And then you continue to add to the ways that pseudoscience demonizes logic and science. HuckleB Apr 2016 #80
I am not demonizing science at all ... kwassa Apr 2016 #81
Oh, goodness. HuckleB Apr 2016 #82
What are you talking about? kwassa Apr 2016 #83
You're running the pseudoscience justification module to the T. HuckleB Apr 2016 #85
and you are labeling my argument without supplying a cogent and coherent rebuttal. kwassa Apr 2016 #91
I'm not trying to rebut anything. HuckleB Apr 2016 #93
of course not, because your argument doesn't hold water ... kwassa Apr 2016 #94
You don't have an argument. The "science was wrong fallacy" is, well, a fallacy. HuckleB Apr 2016 #99
That wasn't my argument. kwassa Apr 2016 #110
It was, and I understand it perfectly well. HuckleB Apr 2016 #111
Well, continue on in your misbelief. kwassa Apr 2016 #113
You really think you can fool people that easily? HuckleB Apr 2016 #115
Science --> pseudoscience ? Care to give some examples ? Bonx Apr 2016 #95
It was recognized as non-science, or bad science, after it was disproved. kwassa Apr 2016 #96
But none of those were good science to begin with. Bonx Apr 2016 #98
They were good science for their time and place. kwassa Apr 2016 #108
Scientific theory =/ science Major Nikon Apr 2016 #107
I don't disagree. kwassa Apr 2016 #109
The sun may not come up tomorrow Major Nikon Apr 2016 #112
+1 HuckleB Apr 2016 #116
You failed to point out that its the scientific process that corrects for these errors... Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #87
True, however the history of such reversals creates doubt .... kwassa Apr 2016 #89
If they are doing it due to conflicting evidence or the lack of evidence, that's one thing... Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #92
I agree completely. kwassa Apr 2016 #114
Folks have been raised to get the truth one time... TipTok Mar 2016 #60
We have to teach the need for challenging our own beliefs, indeed. HuckleB Mar 2016 #65
Thinking is hard! yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2016 #66
Because there is no law in nature that states people have to agree with you or use common sense. Rex Mar 2016 #68
Your gifs are mesmerizing. HuckleB Mar 2016 #73
Thanks, we have some talented gif makers! Rex Mar 2016 #74
Because they are not really "reason"able. Adrahil Mar 2016 #69
You certainly have a good point. HuckleB Apr 2016 #78
It goes against their reliigion! yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2016 #72
In the case of liberals, it's an issue of trust and conflation chade Mar 2016 #77
It's because they aren't reasonable. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2016 #79
Why do so many reasonable people think they will win the lottery when the value goes up? Rex Apr 2016 #88
That's where it starts. HuckleB Apr 2016 #120
Some believe that gut instinct is better than objective evidence sakabatou Apr 2016 #90
In some instances frustrated_lefty Apr 2016 #100
Because science doesn't have a public relations or communications arm. cheapdate Apr 2016 #102
You are definitely on to something here. HuckleB Apr 2016 #103
This is a large part of the problem, one reason it is hard to talk logic to RWingers. Rex Apr 2016 #117
Because they believe science is Satan's religion? B Calm Apr 2016 #104
Or Satan's Helper? HuckleB Apr 2016 #105
To some degree, the "everybody wins" mentality says that the opinion of people who Thor_MN Apr 2016 #118
You're spot on. HuckleB Apr 2016 #119
The letters to the editor are some funny if not depressing reads. Rex Apr 2016 #121
It's called motivated reasoning caraher Apr 2016 #122
A good size chunk of the population LadyHawkAZ Apr 2016 #123
Yeah, that does not help! HuckleB Apr 2016 #124
Because tomorrow's science will disprove today's science... egduj Apr 2016 #127
It can, but that's not necessarily so. HuckleB Apr 2016 #128
Science is a conservative, constructive enterprise. longship Apr 2016 #129
+1 HuckleB Apr 2016 #130
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