What factors determine if someone will be anti-science? “This has almost nothing to do with education,” says @NaomiOreskes. “Studies have shown that among Republicans, the more educated they are, the less likely they are to accept climate change.”

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They are raised in a culture of magickal thinking
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Joe Kernen @JoeSquawk a co host on @SquawkCNBC frequently mentions he studied biology at MIT and is therefore qualified as a scientist to be a climate change denier. He also claims to be an expert on COVID, downplaying the threat with Trump. #climate mediaite.com/online/cnbcs-jo…

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That's a b*tch and I know it to be true.
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What's proof of climate change from human activity, it's zero! We're just forced to believe any bs if labelled anti science for not doing so.
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Interesting
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It's not about accepting that the climate is changing. Climate always change. It's about finding the causes and what kind of measure could revert it, if any.
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Your parents are the ones who determine if you will be anti-science.
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It also depends on *where* you were educated—at an evangelical anti-science institution or at a school that teaches facts and exposes you to broad swaths of information and teaches you to think critically
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