Knowledge overconfidence is associated with anti-consensus views on controversial scientific issues
The article presents a study on the interrelationships between expert consensus views on controversial scientific issues. It discusses the attitudes toward COVID-19 mitigation policies, preventive behaviors, and the COVID-19 vaccine. It describes the relationship between policy attitudes and objective knowledge on COVID-19 based on political ideology.
Light, Nicholas; Fernbach, Philip M.; Rabb, Nathaniel; Geana, Mugur V.; Sloman, Steven A. Knowledge overconfidence is associated with anti-consensus views on controversial scientific issues. Science Advances. 7/22/2022, Vol. 8 Issue 29, p1-10.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo0038