Spiritual skepticism? Heterogeneous science skepticism in the Netherlands

Recent work points to the heterogeneous nature of science skepticism. However, most research on science skepticism has been conducted in the United States. The current work addresses the generalizability of the knowledge acquired so far by investigating individuals from a Western-European country (The Netherlands). Results indicate that various previously reported findings hold up: Mirroring North-American patterns, climate change skepticism is associated with political conservatism (but only modestly), and scientific literacy does not contribute to skepticism, except about genetic modificatio... Mehr ...