Science says liberals are psychotic. Thoughts?

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abc3643 · Accepted Answer

That's a bunch of horseshit.

Especially given that most scientists are liberals.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2009/07/09/section-4-scientists-politics-and-religion/

Section 4: Scientists, Politics and Religion

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Most Americans do not see scientists as a group as particularly liberal or conservative. Nearly two-thirds of Americans (64%) say they think of scientists as “neither in particular”; 20% see them as politically liberal and 9% say they are politically conservative.

In contrast, most scientists (56%) perceive the scientific community as politically liberal; just 2% think scientists are politically conservative. About four-in-ten scientists (42%) concur with the majority public view that scientists, as a group, are neither in particular.

The scientists’ belief that the scientific community is politically liberal is largely accurate. Slightly more than half of scientists (52%) describe their own political views as liberal, including 14% who describe themselves as very liberal. Among the general public, 20% describe themselves as liberal, with just 5% calling themselves very liberal.

Most scientists identify as Democrats (55%), while 32% identify as independents and just 6% say they are Republicans. When the leanings of independents are considered, fully 81% identify as Democrats or lean to the Democratic Party, compared with 12% who either identify as Republicans or lean toward the GOP. Among the public, there are far fewer self-described Democrats (35%) and far more Republicans (23%). Overall, 52% of the public identifies as Democratic or leans Democratic, while 35% identifies as Republican or leans Republican.

Majorities of scientists working in academia (60%), for non-profits (55%) and in government (52%) call themselves Democrats, as do nearly half of those working in private industry (47%).

strateguy632 · Accepted Answer

i always suspected that. some behaviors are similar.

msmissydc · Accepted Answer

Please read your sources!!!

First the conclusion for that paper wasn't influenced by correcting that metric as it didn't impact it at all.

Second it was not a political tool. It was purely scientific and yes there was an error but thats why it wasn't peer revied. Not that it is the error is corrected. IMPORTANCE of peer revies!!!

Third: The error was found in 2012 the same year already. It just took 4 years to peer review the rest and update the paper. Correstions towards the paper are nearly as old as the paper itself.

Fourth: If thats the takeaway from the source than people missread the whole thing. The study is NOT about the direction. It never was. Its about showing the relation doesn't matter, which still stands. Its not a causation.

laly520 · Accepted Answer

not accurate psychotic is serious mental illness

Dargil · Answer

Leftism is a mental illness. Prominent examples are Republican and Trump hatred and hatred of Jews.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

Which "science" do you refer to?

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