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polarization conditional on numeracy, but we also see the same effect when we measure people’s reasoning proficiency in other ways. The people who are high in science literacy, more polarized than the people who are low. The people who are high and actively open-minded thinking, you see more polarization, not less, as they become more proficient in this kind of thinking
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The truth is that mostly we believe what we believe to fit in with our tribe. And that, in the most important way, is highly rational. Because humans are very social creatures, and for most of our evolution, we’ve depended on each other for survival.
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If we question the status quo by rejecting what those around us accept as true, we jeopardize our place in society.
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With increasing science comprehension usually comes increasing polarization on political topics. But with increasing science curiosity, this same increase in polarization is not observed