Conservatives are less interested than liberals in viewing novel scientific data

Conservatives are less interested than liberals in viewing novel scientific data, according to a psychology researcher at The University of Alabama.
Dr. Alexa Tullett, assistant professor of psychology at UA, recently conducted the project, titled “Is ideology the enemy of inquiry? Examining the link between political orientation and lack of interest in novel data.”
In three separate studies, Tullett and colleagues offered participants in both the Deep South and West Coast a chance to view data...

Conservatives are less interested than liberals in viewing novel scientific data