Heh - slowly, slowly, bit by bit; the tide is turning
From the
Canadian Broadcast Service:
Canadians lack trust in some scientists, poll suggests
A significant number of Canadians have trust issues with researchers in certain areas of science, including climate change, a new poll suggests.
An online survey of 1,000 people conducted by Nanos Research and released to CBC News asked respondents how much they trusted scientists quoted in the news on four scientific topics.
When it came to new energy technologies and medicines, a sizable majority of those surveyed said they trusted or somewhat trusted scientists. But respondents were less certain when it came to climate change and genetically modified crops.
The poll, conducted on Dec. 3 and 4, found that trust was highest on the issue of new energies (78 per cent trusted or somewhat trusted scientists) and that 71 per cent felt the same on the issue of medicines.
While nearly two-thirds (65 per cent) trusted or somewhat trusted scientists on the issue of climate change, a sizable number, nearly one-third (28 per cent), said they somewhat distrusted or distrusted researchers on that issue.
However, Canadians seemed to mistrust scientists the most on the issue of genetically modified crops, with nearly half (45 per cent) saying they trust researchers but 44 per cent saying they don't.
A nice trend to see. Now if the Canadian elected officials will listen to their constituents and defund the enormous quantities of money that are being wasted on this rat-hole that will be all the better...
Posted by DaveH at December 28, 2012 10:42 AM