https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1903.11193/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37512121urn:hackerpapers:mention:1903.11193:37512121Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:34:52 GMT<p>The article is paywalled but the research group has a 2021 arxiv publication on the same topic: &quot;A little knowledge is a dangerous thing: excess confidence explains negative attitudes towards science&quot; https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.11193.pdf It&#x27;s a survey-based study but the obvious thing to consider is, what do they mean by &#x27;negative attitudes towards science&#x27;? Are they talking about the scientific process itself, i.e. experiment and observation coupled to theoretical modeling as the basis of discovering how our universe functions? Or are they talking about negative attitudes towards the…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1903.11193/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.ed-ph