To: i-node who wrote (494584 ) 7/12/2009 6:39:41 PM From: tejek Read Replies (1) | Respond to More evidence of the right's irrelevancy.REALITY HAS A WELL KNOWN LIBERAL BIAS.... Pew surveyed more than 2,500 scientists, conducted in collaboration with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which offered a pretty strong sample size. The survey found that more than half (55%) of the scientists identified themselves as Democrats, and nearly as many (52%) call themselves liberal. What's more, "Many of the scientists surveyed mentioned in their open-ended comments that they were optimistic about the Obama administration's likely impact on science."Only 9% of the scientists, meanwhile, consider themselves conservative, while fewer still (6%) identified themselves as Republicans. It's just speculation, but the party's hostility towards the basics of modern biology, global warming, and evidence-based reasoning may have something to do with this. Call it a hunch. Elsewhere in the same poll, I was pleased to see that Americans in general have favorable opinions of professional scientists. In fact, "only members of the military and teachers are more likely to be viewed as contributing a lot to society's well-being." Just under half of the general population believes the planet is "getting warmer because of human activity," while 84% of scientists agree with the statement.
