New Posts For Thread: The Conservative Anti-Intellectual Ideologyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29036041/The_Conservative_Anti-Intellectual_IdeologyA new, peer-reviewed research paper, from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and published in the journal American Sociological Review, has shown that self-described conservatives - and also frequent churchgopers - seem to be rebelling agaA lot of us who are conservatives, AND also scientists, separate science and religion easily.Science is about HOW things happen.Religion is about WHY things happen.There need not be any conflict.Ken[/quote]I do like your reply, R-Ken.................http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29036041/The_Conservative_Anti-Intellectual_Ideology?post_id=519033073#519033073A lot of us who are conservatives, AND also scientists, separate science and religion easily.Science is about HOW things happen.Religion is about WHY things happen.There need not be any conflict.Ken[/quote]I do like your reply, R-Ken.................Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:39:16 -0500This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zonehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29036041/The_Conservative_Anti-Intellectual_Ideology?post_id=519033063#519033063This thread was moved from the Hot Topics ZoneWed, 25 Apr 2012 23:36:54 -0500Theoretically, anyone can go out and repeat a scientific experiment and get the same results. That is what makes science "public knowledge". In practice, the experiments require time, money, special equipment, and special trainning. I'm a scientihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29036041/The_Conservative_Anti-Intellectual_Ideology?post_id=518752909#518752909Theoretically, anyone can go out and repeat a scientific experiment and get the same results. That is what makes science "public knowledge". In practice, the experiments require time, money, special equipment, and special trainning. I'm a scientiWed, 18 Apr 2012 11:18:33 -0500They are linked becaues they are not "entirely different". They are subsets of the same phenomenon: rejecting science because it tells you things that, if accepted, would provide overwhelming reasons to have you stop doing something you want to do.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29036041/The_Conservative_Anti-Intellectual_Ideology?post_id=518752559#518752559They are linked becaues they are not "entirely different". They are subsets of the same phenomenon: rejecting science because it tells you things that, if accepted, would provide overwhelming reasons to have you stop doing something you want to do.Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:07:19 -0500The study does not “take up” any such question. Evidently you either didn’t understand or wish to misrepresent Gauchat’s study. Here is the context in which the sentence fragment you quoted occurs:Parsons (1962) proposed thathttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29036041/The_Conservative_Anti-Intellectual_Ideology?post_id=518543215#518543215The study does not “take up” any such question. Evidently you either didn’t understand or wish to misrepresent Gauchat’s study. Here is the context in which the sentence fragment you quoted occurs:Parsons (1962) proposed thatThu, 12 Apr 2012 15:14:39 -0500Gosh, what could possibly be the reason that you asserted at least two big claims on a scientific topic that you are unable to show are supported by the empirical evidence, one of which is directly contradicted by the evidence, and then you suddenlyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29036041/The_Conservative_Anti-Intellectual_Ideology?post_id=518543091#518543091Gosh, what could possibly be the reason that you asserted at least two big claims on a scientific topic that you are unable to show are supported by the empirical evidence, one of which is directly contradicted by the evidence, and then you suddenlyThu, 12 Apr 2012 15:11:48 -0500A lot of us who are conservatives, AND also scientists, separate science and religion easily.Science is about HOW things happen.Religion is about WHY things happen.There need not be any conflict.Ken[/quote]I do like your reply, R-Ken.................http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29036041/The_Conservative_Anti-Intellectual_Ideology?post_id=518311893#518311893A lot of us who are conservatives, AND also scientists, separate science and religion easily.Science is about HOW things happen.Religion is about WHY things happen.There need not be any conflict.Ken[/quote]I do like your reply, R-Ken.................Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:15:07 -0500The study in the OP takes up the question of organised science reaching a level of 'societal prestige and power that would engender public anxiety.' This would lead to an assumption that 'modernity is irrevocably tied to scientific progress and techhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29036041/The_Conservative_Anti-Intellectual_Ideology?post_id=518308477#518308477The study in the OP takes up the question of organised science reaching a level of 'societal prestige and power that would engender public anxiety.' This would lead to an assumption that 'modernity is irrevocably tied to scientific progress and techThu, 05 Apr 2012 18:31:24 -0500Well, it appears that we are defining "in here" in very different ways. For example, if one is reincarnated, that's not just something "spiritual"-- it's also physical because there's a physical manifestation as a by-product. With rebirth, the samehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29036041/The_Conservative_Anti-Intellectual_Ideology?post_id=518306229#518306229Well, it appears that we are defining "in here" in very different ways. For example, if one is reincarnated, that's not just something "spiritual"-- it's also physical because there's a physical manifestation as a by-product. With rebirth, the sameThu, 05 Apr 2012 17:05:28 -0500Anyhow, back to the topic relating to the OP.Here's a poll conducted by Gallup:PRINCETON, NJ -- The majority of Republicans in the United States do not believe the theory of evolution is true and do not believe that humans evolved over millions of yehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29036041/The_Conservative_Anti-Intellectual_Ideology?post_id=518305687#518305687Anyhow, back to the topic relating to the OP.Here's a poll conducted by Gallup:PRINCETON, NJ -- The majority of Republicans in the United States do not believe the theory of evolution is true and do not believe that humans evolved over millions of yeThu, 05 Apr 2012 16:49:07 -0500