Can We Stop Already with the Idea the Public Lost Trust in Science?

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The figure below comes from the 2016 NSF Science and Engineering Indicators, and it shows long-term trends in public trust in various US institutions. Clearly, there is no long-term trend in trust in science. This data comes from Ipsos MORI, and while the graph won’t win any awards for visualization, it clearly shows that trust in science has increased in the EU, over at least the past decade….

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February 22, 2017 at 01:18AM