The left's war on science.

• Autores: Michael Shermer
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 308, Nº. 2, 2013, págs. 76-76
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The author discusses the effects of politics on science, arguing that both liberals and conservatives can be hostile to various scientific facts. He notes that a large percentage of liberals believe in creationism and deny global warming, as well as dispute theories of human brain evolution and evolutionary psychology. He also claims that many progressives oppose nuclear energy and other fuel sources and genetically modified organisms (GMO) out of a misplaced focus on the natural.