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Old 12-06-2015, 16:24   #1
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Why Conservatives Don't Trust Science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86dzTFJbkc

As Jonathan Haidt notes, it isn't that Conservatives distrust "science"- it is that Conservatives distrust scientists, especially when scientists become advocates. And for good reason- those advocates "sanctify" (he uses the word "sacralization") people, treatises, or objects, rally around them, and become blind to anything that conflicts with what those people, treatises, or objects represent.

Thus, "victim identity groups" have become "sanctified" by the Left and all people and groups who refuse to agree with the advocates positions with respect to those groups are labeled as "evil." When one is labeled as evil- then there is no room for debate, compromise, nuance- or even humor. Thus, there is no room for "science."
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