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Rex Tillerson: What does he really think about climate change? Who knows?

December 14, 2016 Renee Shur 2016 Election, Energy, Environment One comment

Donald Trump’s pick of Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State sends a chilling message about the new administration’s commitment to addressing the challenges of

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Survey: Do you believe in science?

February 5, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Demographics/Polls, Education, Republican Brain, Republicans, Science, Survey 2 comments

How much of science do people believe? In our 2016 survey, we did not ask “What weighs more, a ton of steel or a

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The elusive connection we have to truth

December 6, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Climate Change, Environment, Ethics, Foreign Policy, Guns, Republican Brain Leave a comment

Perhaps it’s always been this way; humankind has been more motivated by emotions than reason and the primary emotion that generates beliefs is fear.

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