Donald Braman

TL;DR: This paper found that those with the highest degrees of science literacy and technical reasoning capacity were not the most concerned about climate change, rather, they were the ones among whom cultural polarization was greatest, suggesting that public divisions over climate change stem not from the public's incomprehension of science but from a distinctive conflict of interest.

TL;DR: The authors found that individuals with the highest degrees of science literacy and technical reasoning capacity are not the most concerned about climate change and are the most culturally polarized, while those with the lowest degrees are concerned.

TL;DR: This article found that cultural cognition shapes individuals' beliefs about the existence of scientific consensus and the process by which they form such beliefs, relating to climate change, the disposal of nuclear wastes, and the effect of permitting concealed possession of handguns.

TL;DR: This article found evidence that cultural cognition shapes individuals' beliefs about the existence of scientific consensus and the process by which they form such beliefs, relating to climate change, the disposal of nuclear wastes, and the effect of permitting concealed possession of handguns.

TL;DR: The white male effect as discussed by the authors suggests that individuals selectively credit and dismiss asserted dangers in a manner supportive of their preferred form of social organization, which reflects the risk skepticism that hierarchical and individualistic white males display when activities integral to their cultural identities are challenged as harmful.