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Free Market Economics & Science

Here's an interesting study. People who believe in free market economics are quite likely to reject science. There's also a correlation with conspiracy theories.

The study of 1,377 people who visited climate change denial blogs found endorsement of laissez-faire free markets predicted the rejection of climate science and other established scientific facts, such as that HIV causes AIDS or that tobacco smoking causes lung cancer.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/21/study-finds-belief-in-free-market-economics-predicts-rejection-of-science/

This looks like a corollary to Simon and Garfunkel's "A man believes what he wants to believe and disregards the rest." Conspiracy theories are invoked when facts don't support ideology.


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