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Those Darn Facts: Liberal professor shocked to discover Tea Party smarter than average.
Cultural Cognition Project ^
| 10/15/2013
| Dan Kahan
Posted on 10/17/2013 5:33:57 AM PDT by Beave Meister
Dan Kahan, the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology at Yale Law School was curious about the relationship between science comprehension and political outlooks. His findings shocked him: tea party supporters are actually more scientifically literate than the non-tea party population
Ive got to confess, though, I found this result surprising. As I pushed the button to run the analysis on my computer, I fully expected Id be shown a modest negative correlation between identifying with the Tea Party and science comprehension.
But then again, I dont know a single person who identifies with the Tea Party. All my impressions come from watching cable tv & I dont watch Fox News very often and reading the paper (New York Times daily, plus a variety of politics-focused internet sites like Huffington Post & Politico).
Im a little embarrassed, but mainly Im just glad that I no longer hold this particular mistaken view.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Education; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: dankahan; dumbliberals; education; liberalprofessor; liberals; professors; science; teaparty; yale
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The average Teaparty member is way smarter than the average liberal professor
To: Beave Meister
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:36:05 AM PDT
by
jimfree
(In November 2016 my 13 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
To: Beave Meister
And at least 1/2 of the Tea Party members I’ve met are war vets. From WW11 to Iraq.
They fought and put their lives on the line so that Professor Doucebag Weenie could have a cushy college gig and be a stupid ass day in and day but be confused with someone who’s intelligent.
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:38:39 AM PDT
by
albie
To: Beave Meister
This guy is apparently paid to study gnats' differences in correlations of political outlooks with whatever other personal characteristics he is interested in.
I suggest that he study the science comprehension of EBT users, Medicaid users, people who vote for DWS, etc.
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:42:42 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Beave Meister
Yale professor Dan Kahan ... "I dont know a single person who identifies with the Tea Party."
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:43:13 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Beave Meister
Im a little embarrassed, but mainly Im just glad that I no longer hold this particular mistaken view.Good for him. A little humility goes a long way.
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:46:27 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
To: Beave Meister
Very few of these people would even make it to Mensa.
I know very few who wouldn’t.
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:47:10 AM PDT
by
Hardraade
(http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
To: Beave Meister
Kind of reminds me of the liberal from New York City, as I recall, who couldn't understand how Ronald Reagan could have been elected, since no one he knew voted for him.
(may have been a different Republican victory)
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:49:14 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: Beave Meister
Amazes me how susceptible to propaganda the presumptive “knowledge” class has become. They have no intellectual curiosity what so ever, at least towards politics. They are like children. The MSM manipulates and distorts, and academia laps it up..
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:49:29 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Beave Meister
But then again, I dont know a single person who identifies with the Tea Party. Sounds like that woman who didn't know anyone who voted for Nixon.
Guess the dude's a bit to insulated to make a fair judgement of reality.
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:50:44 AM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: Beave Meister
This tea partier has had the science channel on all morning. This morning I watched a show about the science behind the engineering of the Eiffel Tower. Last night it was shows about space physics and gravity.
That sort of thing interests me.
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:51:18 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Beave Meister
I fully expected Id be shown a modest negative correlation between identifying with the Tea Party and science comprehension. That's because you've convinced yourself, ie, drank the koolaid, that liberals are inherently smarter because... because they're liberals.
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:52:13 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: KosmicKitty
to = too
kk<— posting before coffee. Bad kitty
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:53:09 AM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: Beave Meister
Not to worry, professor; only a matter of days before your colleagues apply Global Warming statistical methodology to prove Tea Partiers are dumber than a bag of hammers.
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:53:21 AM PDT
by
stormhill
(Guns Save Lives!)
To: Beave Meister
I doubt his reading habits will change after noting the source of his ‘confusion’ (NY Times, Politico, Huffington...non-Fox). Call me impressed when we starting thinking about 2nd A, ‘global warming’, ‘the poor’, etc. objectively.
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:53:38 AM PDT
by
i_robot73
(Give me one example and I will show where gov't is the root of the problem(s).)
To: Paladin2
This board never fails to make me laugh.
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:55:23 AM PDT
by
gattaca
("Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal." Thomas Jefferson)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:56:22 AM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: Beave Meister
I find the notion that "religious people/conservatives/Tea Partiers must be ignorant fools" to be offensive on its face.
I may think that progs are evil, but I'd never accuse them of being ignorant fools. Their serfs in the Free Sh*t Army are as ignorant as the day is long, but the progs themselves are not.
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:57:26 AM PDT
by
jboot
(Ask me again after the revolution.)
To: Paladin2
I suggest that he study the science comprehension of EBT users, Medicaid users, people who vote for DWS, etc Indeed. The left's "mascot" base is something they really should be proud of.
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:57:54 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: KosmicKitty
Science and history are my favorites balanced with diversions like sports and a handful of dramas on TV.
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posted on
10/17/2013 5:59:18 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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