The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks

Dan M. Kahan (), Ellen Peters, Maggie Wittlin, Paul Slovic, Lisa Ouellette, Donald Braman and Gregory Mandel
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Dan M. Kahan: Yale University, Yale Law School
Ellen Peters: The Ohio State University
Maggie Wittlin: Cultural Cognition Project Lab, Yale University, Yale Law School
Paul Slovic: Decision Research
Donald Braman: George Washington University
Gregory Mandel: Temple University

Nature Climate Change, 2012, vol. 2, issue 10, 732-735

Abstract: Public apathy over climate change is often attributed to a deficit in comprehension and to limits on technical reasoning. However, evidence suggests that individuals with the highest degrees of science literacy and technical reasoning capacity are not the most concerned about climate change and are the most culturally polarized.

Date: 2012
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