Knowledge overconfidence is associated with anti-consensus views on controversial scientific issues.

Autor: Light N; School of Business, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA., Fernbach PM; Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA., Rabb N; The Policy Lab, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA., Geana MV; William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA., Sloman SA; Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Science advances [Sci Adv] 2022 Jul 22; Vol. 8 (29), pp. eabo0038. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 20.
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo0038
Abstrakt: Public attitudes that are in opposition to scientific consensus can be disastrous and include rejection of vaccines and opposition to climate change mitigation policies. Five studies examine the interrelationships between opposition to expert consensus on controversial scientific issues, how much people actually know about these issues, and how much they think they know. Across seven critical issues that enjoy substantial scientific consensus, as well as attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines and mitigation measures like mask wearing and social distancing, results indicate that those with the highest levels of opposition have the lowest levels of objective knowledge but the highest levels of subjective knowledge. Implications for scientists, policymakers, and science communicators are discussed.
Databáze: MEDLINE