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

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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)

  • Lisa Larrimore Ouellette

    (Cultural Cognition Project Lab, Yale University, Yale Law School)

  • Donald Braman

    (George Washington University)

  • Gregory Mandel

    (Temple University)

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.

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  • Dan M. Kahan & Ellen Peters & Maggie Wittlin & Paul Slovic & Lisa Larrimore Ouellette & Donald Braman & Gregory Mandel, 2012. "The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 2(10), pages 732-735, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:2:y:2012:i:10:d:10.1038_nclimate1547
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1547
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