1. Watch in slide show mode to observe (modest) animation.
comments questions:
papers, etc:

2.
What the Cognitive Science of Religion Can Learn from the Science of Science Communication—and Vice Versa
Dan M. Kahan
Yale University
& many x 103 others

3. Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR)

4. Science of Science Communication (SSC)

5. What the Cognitive Science of Religion Can Learn from the Science of Science Communication—and Vice Versa

6. What the Cognitive Science of Religion Can Learn from the Science of Science Communication—and Vice Versa
SSC CSR: Expressive rationality & MS2 reasoning
SSC CSR: Cognitive dualism
Prescriptive/normative upshot: Cognitive dualism vs. cognitive illiberalism

7. What the Cognitive Science of Religion Can Learn from the Science of Science Communication—and Vice Versa
SSC CSR: Expressive rationality & MS2 reasoning
SSC CSR: Cognitive dualism
Prescriptive/normative upshot: Cognitive dualism vs. cognitive illiberalism

8. What the Cognitive Science of Religion Can Learn from the Science of Science Communication—and Vice Versa
SSC CSR: Expressive rationality & MS2 reasoning
SSC CSR: Cognitive dualism
Prescriptive/normative upshot: Cognitive dualism vs. cognitive illiberalism

9. What the Cognitive Science of Religion Can Learn from the Science of Science Communication—and Vice Versa
SSC CSR: Expressive rationality & MS2 reasoning
SSC CSR: Cognitive dualism
Prescriptive/normative upshot: Cognitive dualism vs. cognitive illiberalism

10. What the Cognitive Science of Religion Can Learn from the Science of Science Communication—and Vice Versa
SSC CSR: Expressive rationality & MS2 reasoning
SSC CSR: Cognitive dualism
Prescriptive/normative upshot: Cognitive dualism vs. cognitive illiberalism

11. Public beliefs: Global warming & human evolution

12. Public beliefs: Global warming & human evolution

13. Public beliefs: Global warming & human evolution
Below avg. Left_Right
Above avg Left_Right
N = U.S. Nationally representative sample (June 2016). Annenberg Public Policy Center/Cultural Cognition Project. Brackets reflect 0.95 confidence intervals for estimation of population means. “Above” and “below average Left_right” reflects median split on scale formed by aggregating responses to 5-point liberal-conservative ideology & 7-point party id ( = 0.79).

14. Public beliefs: Global warming & human evolution
Below avg. Left_Right
Above avg Left_Right
Below avg religiosity
Above avg religiosity
“true”
“true”
N = U.S. Nationally representative sample (June 2016). Annenberg Public Policy Center/Cultural Cognition Project. Brackets reflect 0.95 confidence intervals for estimation of population means. “Above” and “below average Left_right” reflects median split on scale formed by aggregating responses to 5-point liberal-conservative ideology & 7-point party id ( = 0.79).
N = U.S. Nationally representative sample (Spring 2014). Annenberg Public Policy Center/Cultural Cognition Project. Brackets reflect 0.95 confidence intervals for estimation of population means. “High” and “Low religiosity” formed by median split on scale formed by aggregating responses to 4-point importance of religion, 6-point church attendance, and 7-point frequency of prayer items ( = 0.88).

15. SSC on climate change conflict

17. Bounded rationality thesis

18. Conservative Republican
There is “solid evidence” of recent global warming due “mostly” to “human activity such as burning fossil fuels.” [agree, disagree]
BRT prediction
Reality
Conservative Republican

19. Conservative Republican
There is “solid evidence” of recent global warming due “mostly” to “human activity such as burning fossil fuels.” [agree, disagree]
BRT prediction
Reality
Conservative Republican

20. Conservative Republican
There is “solid evidence” of recent global warming due “mostly” to “human activity such as burning fossil fuels.” [agree, disagree]
BRT prediction
Reality
Conservative Republican
Ordinary Science Intelligence
Adapted from Kahan, D.M. ‘Ordinary science intelligence’: a science-comprehension measure for study of risk and science communication, with notes on evolution and climate change. J. Risk Res. 20, (2017).

21. There is “solid evidence” of recent global warming due “mostly” to “human activity such as burning fossil fuels.” [agree, disagree]
BRT prediction
Reality
Liberal Democrat
Conservative Republican
Conservative Republican
Conservative Republican
Conservative Republican
Ordinary Science Intelligence
N = Shaded area denotes 0.95 confidence interval.
Adapted from Kahan, D.M. ‘Ordinary science intelligence’: a science-comprehension measure for study of risk and science communication, with notes on evolution and climate change. J. Risk Res. 20, (2017).

22. Conservative Republican Conservative Republican
There is “solid evidence” of recent global warming due “mostly” to “human activity such as burning fossil fuels.” [agree, disagree]
BRT prediction
Reality
Liberal Democrat
Conservative Republican
Conservative Republican
Actively Open-minded Thinking (z-score)
N = Shaded area denotes 0.95 confidence interval.
Adapted from Kahan, D. M., Corbin, Res. & Politics (2016), doi: /

23. Conservative Republican Conservative Republican
There is “solid evidence” of recent global warming due “mostly” to “human activity such as burning fossil fuels.” [agree, disagree]
BRT prediction
Reality
Liberal Democrat
Conservative Republican
Conservative Republican
N = Brackets denote 0.95 confidence interval.
Adapted from Kahan, D.M. ‘Ordinary science intelligence’: a science-comprehension measure for study of risk and science communication, with notes on evolution and climate change. J. Risk Res. 20, (2017).

24. Experimental work on politically motivated reasoning

25. Bounded rationality thesis

26. Not too little rationality . . .

27. Not too little rationality but too much

28. Tragedy of the #scicomm commons

29. Expressive rationality thesis

30. Motivated System 2 reasoning (MS2R)

31. Below avg religiosity
Pct. answering “true”
Above avg religiosity

32. CSR: “Natural” vs. “Unnatural” thinking

33. Evolution belief: Bounded rationality thesis

34. Evolution disbelief: ERT + MS2

35. “Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals.” (True/false)
BRT prediction
ERT prediction
Probability of “true”
Probability of “true”
Kahan, D.M. ‘Ordinary science intelligence’: a science-comprehension measure for study of risk and science communication, with notes on evolution and climate change. J. Risk Res. 20, (2017).

36. “Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals.” (True/false)
BRT prediction
ERT prediction
low religiosity
Probability of “true”
Probability of “true”
high religiosity
Kahan, D.M. ‘Ordinary science intelligence’: a science-comprehension measure for study of risk and science communication, with notes on evolution and climate change. J. Risk Res. 20, (2017).

37. “Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals.” (True/false)
BRT prediction
ERT prediction
low religiosity
low religiosity
Probability of “true”
Probability of “true”
high religiosity
high religiosity
Kahan, D.M. ‘Ordinary science intelligence’: a science-comprehension measure for study of risk and science communication, with notes on evolution and climate change. J. Risk Res. 20, (2017).

38. MS2 in relation to Ordinary Science Intelligence
low religiosity
high religiosity
N = Shaded area denotes 0.95 CI.
Adapted from Kahan, Kahan, D.M. Climate-Science Communication and the Measurement Problem. Advances in Political Psychology 36, 1-43 (2015).

39. Distribution of OSI by religiosity
r = , p < 0.01

40. Bounded rationality thesis & Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT)

41. “Religiosity” measures
Gervais:
STUDY 1: 7-point strength of belief in God & religious upbringing item (binary, yes-no)
STUDY 2: 101-point strength of belief in God & 8-point church attendance item

42. Gervais, study 1
N = 891

43. Gervais, study 2
N = 670

44. From Kahan & Stanovich. Rationality & Belief in Evolution, Working paper (2017).

45. “Religiosity” measures
Kahan & Stanovich (2017) (α = 0.86):
RELIG_IMP. “How important is religion in your life?” [“Very important”; “Somewhat important”; “Not too important”; “Not at all important”]
PRAYER. “People practice their religion in different ways. Outside of attending religious services, how often do you pray?” [:Several times a day”; “once a day”; “A few times a week”; “Once a week”; “A few times a month”; “Seldom”; “Never”]
CHURCH_ATTEND. “Aside from weddings and funerals, how often do you attend religious services?” [“More than once a week”; “Once a week”; “Once or twice a month”; “A few times a year”; “Seldom”; “Never”]
BORN_AGAIN. “Would you describe yourself as a ‘born-again’ or evangelical Christian, or not?” [“Yes,” “No”]

46. “Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals.” (True/false)
low religiosity
∆68%, ± 14%
∆47%, ± 7%
Prob. of agreeing
high religiosity
CRT (No. correct)
From Kahan & Stanovich. Rationality & Belief in Evolution, Working paper (2017).

47. CSR: Bounded rationality & religious belief

48. Gervais stimuli

49. CSR: the Expressive rationality alternative

50. What the Cognitive Science of Religion Can Learn from the Science of Science Communication—and Vice Versa
SSC CSR: Expressive rationality & MS2 reasoning
SSC CSR: Cognitive dualism
Prescriptive/normative upshot: Cognitive dualism vs. cognitive illiberalism

51. What the Cognitive Science of Religion Can Learn from the Science of Science Communication—and Vice Versa
SSC CSR: Expressive rationality & MS2 reasoning
SSC CSR: Cognitive dualism
Prescriptive/normative upshot: Cognitive dualism vs. cognitive illiberalism

52. The Pakistani Dr. paradox

53. Cognitive dualism

54. Cognitive dualism

55. What the Cognitive Science of Religion Can Learn from the Science of Science Communication—and Vice Versa
SSC CSR: Expressive rationality & MS2 reasoning
SSC CSR: Cognitive dualism
Prescriptive/normative upshot: Cognitive dualism vs. cognitive illiberalism

56. What the Cognitive Science of Religion Can Learn from the Science of Science Communication—and Vice Versa
SSC CSR: Expressive rationality & MS2 reasoning
SSC CSR: Cognitive dualism
Prescriptive/normative upshot: Cognitive dualism vs. cognitive illiberalism

57. Evolution disbelief & cognitive illiberalism

58. Evolution disbelief & cognitive illiberalism

59. Evolution disbelief & cognitive illiberalism

60. What the Cognitive Science of Religion Can Learn from the Science of Science Communication—and Vice Versa
SSC CSR: Expressive rationality & MS2 reasoning
SSC CSR: Cognitive dualism
Prescriptive/normative upshot: Cognitive dualism vs. cognitive illiberalism

61. CSR: the Expressive/MS2 Alternative
What’s next?

62. CSR: the Expressive/MS2 Alternative
What’s next?
You tell me

63. www. culturalcognition.net
“I am you!” 63