Interesting Pew Poll...
January 30, 2015 at 1:22 am
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2015 at 1:23 am by SteelCurtain.)
http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/01/29/pu...d-society/
This poll by the Pew Research Center fleshes out the difference in opinion between the American public and scientists from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Pretty interesting results.
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This poll by the Pew Research Center fleshes out the difference in opinion between the American public and scientists from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Pretty interesting results.
Quote:The key data:
-A majority of the general public (57%) says that genetically modified (GM) foods are generally unsafe to eat, while 37% says such foods are safe; by contrast, 88% of AAAS scientists say GM foods are generally safe. The gap between citizens and scientists in seeing GM foods as safe is 51 percentage points. This is the largest opinion difference between the public and scientists.
-Citizens are closely divided over animal research: 47% favor and 50% oppose the use of animals in scientific research.1 By contrast, an overwhelming majority of scientists (89%) favor animal research. The difference in the share favoring such research is 42 percentage points.
-In some areas, like energy, the differences between the groups do not follow a single direction — they can vary depending on the specific issue. For example, 52% of citizens favor allowing more offshore drilling, while fewer AAAS scientists (32%), by comparison, favor increased drilling. The gap in support of offshore drilling is 20 percentage points. But when it comes to nuclear power, the gap runs in the opposite direction. Forty-five percent of citizens favor building more nuclear power plants, while 65% of AAAS scientists favor this idea.
-The only one of 13 issues compared where the differences between the two groups are especially modest is the space station. Fully 64% of the public and 68% of AAAS scientists say that the space station has been a good investment for the country; a difference of four percentage points.
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