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"Science can explain why Trump supporters believe so many things that are
demonstrably false."
“But then there are other things that people will say because that’s kind of
like a declaration of who they are,” he added. “Part of the reason they might
be doing it is because they know it’s really going to get an aversive
response from people who have an alternative identity and who know that’s the
true answer.”
With birtherism, Kahan continued, there are people who actually believe that
Obama is hiding the facts of his birth, but there also a lot of people who
are saying that more because it’s a “kind of a middle finger” and because it
gives conservatives pleasure to drive liberals batty by saying these things.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics