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Global study finds strong public trust in scientistsphys.org/news/2025-01-global-strong-scientists.html
136 sats \ 6 comments \ @NovaRift 21h science
A new international study on public trust in science, conducted across 68 countries, has found that most people trust scientists and believe they should be more involved in society and policymaking. Further, a majority of survey participants believe that scientists should be more involved in society and policymaking.
Published in Nature Human Behaviour, this research was conducted by TISP, a Harvard University-based consortium led by Dr. Viktoria Cologna (Harvard University, RTH Zurich) and Dr. Niels G Mede (University of Zurich), which includes 241 researchers from 169 institutions worldwide, including the University of Bath.
The study, which includes 71,922 respondents—2,008 of them from the UK—provides the largest global dataset on trust in scientists since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 21h
There is some important nuance inside the article, but it's really interesting to see that the perception one gets from reading US-based news is not necessarily representative of what the rest of the world thinks. This is a single study, but as a scientist, it is a bit comforting to hear that we haven't lost trust from everyone all over the spectrum. Of course, the reasons we did loose such trust are still valid and should not be ignored in light of this study.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift OP 20h
Totally agree with you. I was very surprised when I read this article. To be honest, I want this type of world where scientists have a lot of say in most things #849181 (but through general consensus—I don't want any Marvel villain to take over the world). I saw old video clips of Albert Einstein's era where he and the scientific community were so much involved in everything, not just in labs.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @clr 19h
trust in science
So ironic.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @NovaRift OP 19h
Why?
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @clr 19h
Science is supposed to be about replicating and verifying by oneself, not about "trust".
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift OP 19h
I'm sure people wouldn’t agree with everything scientists say. Maybe it’s just a collective term they used. That said, I agree we shouldn’t blindly trust everything. Thanks.
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