Poll: Majority of Republicans don't trust science

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Hasn't this been the case for decades though? Just look how long they've been denying climate science.

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Having blind trust in science isn’t how science works though.

Nor should having blind distrust.

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We have this narrative because Democrats are doing to science what Republicans spent the past several decades doing to religion, and the consequences will not be good for anyone.

As others have noted here, the poll asks about science as an institution, not a method for understanding the universe. But why is it asking the question like this in the first place?

No, we have this narrative because the very same people who treat religion, a matter of faith, as some indisputable fact that everyone must follow is rejecting science (something based on quantifiable reality and hard data) because reality isn't giving them the answers that fit their pre-existing viewpoint.

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No, we have this narrative because the very same people who treat religion, a matter of faith, as some indisputable fact that everyone must follow is rejecting science (something based on quantifiable reality and hard data) because reality isn't giving them the answers that fit their pre-existing viewpoint.

The trouble with your characterization lies is that we also have a sizable and influential political faction that treats science as a set of indisputable edicts that everyone must follow.

But again, science is still based on quantifiable reality, where religion is not. There is a huge difference here, especially when there's strong evidence that the science denial is killing people, such as with climate change and the rise of mainstream antivax sentiment.