A global study has ranked Ireland as the second country in Europe with the most trust in science and scientists.
The good news is Ireland was 14trust in scientists."The study used a scoring system to mark each country's trust in science - and Ireland scored 3.84.They have a scoring system out of five - five means full trust and the average is 3.6 across theseThe study also found no link between high levels of religious population and a lack of trust in science.
uran, there are loads of principals of science explained, so they are more likely to be more trusting of science." Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, a young woman looking at an illuminated Periodic Table celebrating the 150th Anniversary, London, UK, Alamy." if you’re conservative, right-leaning, you’ve less trust in science whereas if you’re left-leaning and more liberal you’Prof O'Neill said people with no trust in science are often able to convince others to think similarly.
"The study shows that if 10% of people in your society don’t trust science - they can flip others into being less trusting," he said.Prof O'Neill said the study highlights a need to address a lack of public trust in science.Share this article
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