Republicans Science

Does Conservatism Have to Be Synonymous With Ignorance?

Lawrence M. Krauss | Posted 05.14.2012

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Lawrence M. Krauss

As we head into the home stretch of a too-long presidential primary season, it is not too late for the public to turn their back on candidates that turn their back on empirical reality and scientific progress.

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Why the Republican Assault on Reason?

Marvin Meadors | Posted 05.13.2012

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Marvin Meadors

For Democrats, the greater the level of education the greater the acceptance of climate change, but for Republicans, the reverse is true.

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How Groups Become Extreme

Ian I. Mitroff | Posted 05.12.2012

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Ian I. Mitroff

The current crop of Republican candidates has lost complete touch with truth (reality) because it is the captive of primarily one and only one way of knowing.

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Why the Republican War on Science?

Marvin Meadors | Posted 04.14.2012

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Marvin Meadors

Conservatives reject moral relativism where standards of right and wrong are thought to be mere products of time and culture, but what about the dangers of intellectual relativism where one believes what he wants to believe simply because it supports one's value structure?

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Want to Understand Republicans? First Understand Evolution

Chris Mooney | Posted 04.09.2012

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Chris Mooney

From global warming denial to claims about "death panels" to baseless fears about inflation, it often seems there are so many factually wrong claims on the political right that those who make them live in a different reality. Maybe they actually do.

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The Un-American War on Science

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 12.28.2011

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Shawn Lawrence Otto

My family founded the Minnesota Republican Party and I am dismayed by this un-American display of prideful ignorance. Our GOP candidates ought to be ashamed.

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