Liberal bias: science writing's elephant in the room? | Science | guardian.co.uk

Does the lack of political diversity among science writers and bloggers risk alienating large portions of the public?
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At the conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Texas last week, Professor Jon Haidt caused a stir when he asked the thousand-strong audience of academics a simple question: how many identified as politically conservative?

In a nation where 40% of the population describe themselves as conservative, just three people out of a thousand raised their hands.