UncleTrvlingJim
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So, I've noticed what seems to be a correlation between conservative and liberals and their willingness to adhere to scientific experts. It appeared to me (totally anecdotal with no actual survey), that conservatives were much more willing to downplay the threat of COVID-19 early on than liberals were despite the vast majority of experts on epidemiology and pandemics making claims to take this seriously very early (mid-February). I'm obviously drawing a correlation between this and global warming, where liberals seem much more willing to accept scientific consensus and their recommendations than conservatives are.
Is that accurate, or am I misreading?
Would it be more accurate that conservatives require a much higher threshold of proof? It always seems to me that the threshold is it has to already be happening (and thus too late to prevent) before they're willing to accept anything. Or are they more risk tolerant?
Is that accurate, or am I misreading?
Would it be more accurate that conservatives require a much higher threshold of proof? It always seems to me that the threshold is it has to already be happening (and thus too late to prevent) before they're willing to accept anything. Or are they more risk tolerant?