
Protect honest science from attacks and declining public trust!
At federal, state and local levels, right-wingers and businesses are applying pressures to hurt honest science. Fewer Americans now understand and respect science. Here are some recent articles: Americans’ trust in science is declining: Americans’ Trust in Scientists, Positive Views of Science Continue to Decline Why Don’t Americans Believe in Science? https://www.thenation.com/article/society/anti-science-is-a-systematic-issueand-its-not-going-away/ The psychology behind right-wing authoritarians’ denial of science: https://www.alternet.org/2021/09/right-wing-science-denial/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=7868&recip_id=22838&list_id=2 Don’t Let Them Fool You: Disinformation Is Not an Accident. – Union of Concerned Scientists (ucsusa.org): https://blog.ucsusa.org/astrid-caldas/dont-let-them-fool-you-disinformation-is-not-an-accident?utm_campaign=email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=email&emci=dc1183fa-a9ad-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&emdi=839e82ea-72b2-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&ceid=702115 Politically motivated bullies want to “tear down the fabric of science.” https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/23/2194654/-Overnight-Science-News-Politically-motivated-bullies-want-to-tear-down-the-fabric-of-science?detail=emaildkg&pm_source=DKRE&pm_medium=email State and Local […]