Article
Deadly Delusions, Part 4: Smart Idiots
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Keywords
- Education, Conservatism, Delusions, Climate change denial
Abstract
The more educated right wingers are, the more likely they are to reject science when it conflicts with their beliefs. This type of denial is called the “smart idiot” effect and it has deadly consequences.
Publication Date
11-1-2015
Document Type
Paper
Copyright Status
Author retained
Publication Version
Author's version
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International
Disciplines
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Location
Orlando (Main) Campus
Department
English; Texts and Technology
Citation Information
“Deadly Delusions, Issue 4: Smart Idiots.” Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture. 2015. http://tundra.csd.sc.edu/itineration/dd4