Because it appears that as Republicans get more education, the less they rely upon science on issues like climate change and more on what political elites tell them to believe. Democrats learn not to trust political elites and rely more on scientific evidence -- there's a dissertation in there -- which validates higher education at least for a portion of the population. I don't know what independents do. What is the basis for these statements? A NY Times article based on Gallup survey research on attitudes; see: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/14/upshot/climate-change-by-education.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_up_20180207&nl=upshot&nl_art=7&nlid=389166&ref=headline&te=1
To show how reliance on ideology can really screw things up, it might be useful to start out with the example of Lysenkoism (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism ) but, because its about Russia, Young Republicans might believe that Lysenkoism is the correct view. So, critical thinking might be a great thing to teach but certain types of political ideology might be resistant to it. Then you might want to shift gears and ask when is it appropriate to submit to unjust or ignorant authorities? Then spring this: https://bible.org/seriespage/10-submission-authorities-1-peter-213-25 Next, cover cost-benefit analysis. Ask why would one accepts costs over benefits IF one is not being altruistic. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=52073 or send a blank email to leave-52073-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
