Ron Bailey on Confirmation Bias

In what bizarre philosophy can hierarchicalists and individualists be lumped together like that? Has it escaped someone's notice that hierarchy can only exist in a community? An individual treated individually cannot be hierarchically ranked relative to himself.

I can't find data on what % of conservative scientists believe in GCC vs. liberals.

Anyone have any idea?

There's an interesting flip side to the Yale Cultural Cognition Project studies as well, however - framing matters. For example, when increasing the use of nuclear energy is presented as a solution to climate change, as opposed to government action, individualists tend to become more receptive to risks of climate change.

I don't think one simply has to shrug their shoulders at confirmation bias and leave it at that - it means that speakers need to engage with the values of their audiences they intend to persuade. In the case of climate change, it might mean presenting the issue less with a predilection toward central regulation and more toward technological solutions.

Incidentally, this is something I recently covered over at my own blog, from the perspective of risk perception and nuclear energy.