Scientists Have Opinions

Hey, what do you know? Well educated people who make their living using logic, and are willing to submit the rationale behind their conclusions to inspection have certain characteristics in common. From the Pew Research Center for People and the Press:



Ok, so Americans have a pretty positive view of scientists (slightly below teachers). Scientists, however, aren't quite as impressed with the American public's knowledge of science:


Scientists see an American public that is poorly educated about science, can't tell real science from junk science, and is poorly served by the media on science topics.

Could things like this have anything to do with it?

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has chosen Gail Lowe, an outspoken creationist, to run the state's Board of Education.

It was actually the less controversial choice. Cynthia Dunbar, reportedly under consideration for the post, believed government should be guided by a "biblical litmus test" and thought public education was a "subtly deceptive tool of perversion." (She home-schooled her own children.) She has also endorsed conspiracy theories suggesting President Obama is not a natural-born citizen.

These next two are your opportunity to guess the punchline.



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9% conservative, 6% republican. So that's what people mean when they say that reality has a well known liberal bias!