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1. Jerry Bell (jerry@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 28-Aug-2022 16:38:33 UTC Jerry Bell

   Interesting study that finds people who oppose scientific consensus are generally less knowledgeable on a given topic, and apparently unaware of their ignorance, and overconfident in themselves. It’s basically quantifying the Dunning-Kruger phenomenon in novel ways.

   I personally believe there is a common misunderstanding of the scientific method, what theories are, and what “research” is.

   Of late, it seems like there’s also a concerted political movement that makes going against scientific consensus something of a defining characteristic of a party, at least in the US.

   Hopefully some day we can get to a point where science isn’t partisan.

   https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo0038