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Micah Altman is a social and information scientist at the Center for Research in Equitable and Open Science, MIT.
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‘Consensus science’ is under attack

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By Micah Altman, Philip Cohen
| Genetic Literacy Project
A growing distrust of expertise is reshaping the terrain of science in the United States. Since the pandemic, the partisan divide over science has widened dramatically. While 77% of Americans have at least a fair amount of confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public, that breaks down to 90% of Democrats and 65% of Republicans.
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‘Expertise’ shouldn’t be a bad word - expert consensus guides science and society

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By Micah Altman, MIT Libraries, Philip Cohen
| Idaho Press Verified
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) A growing distrust of expertise is reshaping the terrain of science in the United States. Since the pandemic, the partisan divide over science has widened dramatically. While 77% of Americans have at least a fair amount of confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public, that breaks down to 90% of Democrats and 65% of Republicans.
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Op/Ed: ‘Expertise’ Shouldn’t Be a Bad Word

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By Philip Cohen, Micah Altman
| Maryland Today
A growing distrust of expertise is reshaping the terrain of science in the United States, according to a University of Maryland researcher and a fellow social scientist. Since the pandemic, the partisan divide over science has widened dramatically, according to a a new analysis by Philip N. Cohen, UMD sociology professor.
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