New research reveals a link between Christian nationalism and negative attitudes towards atheists in the United States. The findings were published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
People say this every time a study comes out and says stuff like “Republicans are more likely to read fewer news sources than Democrats”. It’s part of a problem with popular science that laying groundwork like this turns into political volleyball. The reality is that if there isn’t enough data on something incredibly obvious, it makes it really easy to study and is necessary for other studies to take place or to give context info for a study. Doing political studies must get exhausting quick.
This needed a study?
People say this every time a study comes out and says stuff like “Republicans are more likely to read fewer news sources than Democrats”. It’s part of a problem with popular science that laying groundwork like this turns into political volleyball. The reality is that if there isn’t enough data on something incredibly obvious, it makes it really easy to study and is necessary for other studies to take place or to give context info for a study. Doing political studies must get exhausting quick.
Yes, everything does.