Nearly half of US thinks scientists are smug; study finds humility helps
Intellectual humility could win back much-needed trust in science, study finds
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/nearly-half-of-us-thinks-scientists-are-smug-study-finds-humility-helps/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@arstechnica of course there are smug scientists but they are vastly outnumbered by anti-science know-nothing reactionaries. “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” - Issac Asimov