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Expert Trust and Trustworthiness: The Gap between Experts and the Public

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Defending Objectivity and Conducting Trustworthy and Trusted Analyses
Social issues are usually so complicated that we need to depend on experts to explain the "science" or the "facts" behind the issue. Experts must not only use good scientific methods to conduct their research; they must also be able to explain their findings to the public in understandable and trustworthy ways.

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Destroys Trust in and the Legitimacy of institutions
As hyper-polarization builds, parties lose trust in the societal institutions upon which they used to depend. This devolves down to the interpersonal level, as people lose trust in families, friends, and local organizations that hold differing values.

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When You Can't Just 'Trust the Science'
With respect to the COVID vaccine, an explanation of what science can and can't tell us and where we have to make moral and political choices.

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International Scholars Must Resist the American Campaign to Inject Racial Tribalism Into Science

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Science has been in a "replication crisis" for a decade. Have we learned anything?

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The facts on why facts alone can't fight false beliefs

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Misplaced trust: When trust in science fosters belief in pseudoscience and the benefits of critical evaluation

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The Assault on Empiricism
Amid persistent calls to trust the science and resist fake facts, look at social movements on the left and the right that are failing to do just that.

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This climate change contrarian gives us an important reminder about science in general
Scientific research has already suffered serious self-inflicted wounds over recent decades. The discovery that as many as half of all published papers cannot pass the basic test of replication has yet to be meaningfully addressed.

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Ivermectin Shows That Not All Science Is Worth Following

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Fund Science on the Basis of Scientists' Work, Not Their Identity

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Manufacturing Consensus: Science needs conformity --- but not the kind it has right now.

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The State of 'Nature'
Provocative thoughts on the relationship between political advocacy and science and the danger that too much advocacy can undermine scientific trustworthiness and public trust.

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A disturbing report on the degree to which the science of psychology has replaced objective consideration of the field's big questions with progressive advocacy.

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How Science Lost America's Trust and Surrendered Health Policy to Skeptics