Sentences with phrase «ordinary science intelligence»

Accordingly, as relatively «right - leaning» individuals become progressively more proficient in making sense of scientific information (a facility reflected in their scores on the Ordinary Science Intelligence assessment, which puts a heavy emphasis on critical reasoning skills), they become simultaneously more likely to believe there is «scientific consensus» on human - caused climate change but less likely to «believe» in it themselves!

Or possibly, Kahan, D.M. «Ordinary Science Intelligence»: A Science Comprehension Measure for Study of Risk and Science Communication, with Notes on Evolution and Climate Change.

Data correlating «ordinary science intelligence» (as measured by a standard nine - question test), political ideology, and tendency to agree with the statement «there is «solid evidence» of recent global warming due «mostly» to «human activity such as burning fossil fuels»» suggests that conservative Republicans become less likely to agree with the scientific consensus on climate change the more educated they are.