petersuber<p>New study: "[We] tested five theoretically grounded intervention strategies to improve <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatives</span></a>’ <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trust</span></a> in scientists. None of the interventions were successful, suggesting that trust in scientists reflects relatively stable attitudes that require more elaborate and time-intensive interventions."<br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02147-z" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41562-025</span><span class="invisible">-02147-z</span></a></p><p>Also see this summary. US conservatives "distrust science more broadly than previously thought. Not only do they distrust science that does not correspond to their worldview, but also, compared to liberal Americans, their trust is also lower in fields that contribute to economic growth and productivity."<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-americans-distrust-science-survey.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-04-american</span><span class="invisible">s-distrust-science-survey.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrustInScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrustInScience</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>