Study: no evidence that right wingers are much more likely to endorse false political information

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Is the Political Right More Credulous? Experimental Evidence against Asymmetric Motivations to Believe False Political Information

"In a contrast with previous results, we find no evidence that citizens on the political right are especially likely to endorse false political information."

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/711133

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[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Very interesting. Thanks.

Haidt makes the point over and over again in Righteous Mind that this theory that the right is more into science denial is total rubbish when looked at properly. Both the right and left are triggered into anti-science positions but it's about what they both find taboo and what they find sacred. He points to the examples of nuclear power and GMO's as potent examples of leftist science denial and resistance -- not shilling for gmo's by the way.

[–]EuropeanAwakening14 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Weird how he doesn't mention leftist race science denial and sex science/differences denial.

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He mentions sex difference denial but I get your point. He's never going to cross that bridge or if he did probably in the same way that Steven Pinker has. He's very good for normies though if you want to ease them into the hot bath of real dissident ideas!

[–]DisgustResponse 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Scientism is fake and gay, whether it agrees with us or not. Throw it all out.

Don't confuse the Truth with desiccated, sterile "facts" and research papers. Truth is inseparable from purpose.