What Motivates Rejection of (Climate) Science?

Saturday, 15 September 2012 07:43 By University of Western Australia Staff , The Universtiy of Western Australia | Report 

Researchers from The University of Western Australia have examined what motivates people who are greatly involved in the climate debate to reject scientific evidence.

The study Motivated Rejection of Science, to be published in Psychological Science, was designed to investigate what motivates the rejection of science in visitors to climate blogs who choose to participate in the ongoing public debate about climate change.