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I thought I should reply to Robert MacDonald’s latest comment on my original blog post, , in a new post as it has some lessons to teach. 

 Bob sited the recent study that found that scientific knowledge of those that doubt “Global Warming” is slightly better than those that don’t.  People (1540 total) were given a 22 question scientific quiz. 

 http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/28/global-warming-skeptics-know-more-about-science-new-study-claims/?test=latestnews

 Since the difference (57% to 56% of the answers right) is very small, the valid conclusion to draw is that respondents were equally adept (or not adept) at scientific knowledge.

 The sample questions I saw were pretty easy and probably common knowledge. I would hope that everyone would know the several sample questions cited in the article.  I would suspect that getting only 56-57% correct might show that neither group knows much about science.

 It should be noted that the study found:

 “That people’s cultural views – how much they value things like individualism and equality -- affect their views on global warming much more than actual knowledge about science. Regardless of how much they know about science, individualists were relatively unconcerned about global warming, whereas those who value equality were very concerned.”