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- Title
Rejecting Darwin and Support for Science Funding.
- Authors
Freeman, Patricia K.; Houston, David J.
- Abstract
Objective Examine variables relating to support for science in the United States to determine whether a rejection of Darwinian evolution is related to support for government funding of science. Methods Ordinal logistic regression using questions from the 2006 General Social Survey. Results A rejection of human evolution is significantly related to support for science even after controlling for a variety of variables. Conclusion Beliefs regarding human evolution have a unique effect on attitudes regarding government support for scientific research that do not merely channel religion and/or politics. Debate today over evolutionary theory revolves around what constitutes good science. Those who reject Darwinian evolution may do so because of the messages critical of scientists and the scientific method. A possible consequence of this controversy is lower support for science.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PUBLIC opinion on science; SCIENCE &; state; BIOLOGICAL evolution; BIOLOGICAL evolution -- Religious aspects; GOVERNMENT aid; PUBLIC opinion
- Publication
Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell), 2011, Vol 92, Issue 5, p1151
- ISSN
0038-4941
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00812.x