Basically what this says is that people's priors are the dominant motivator of perceiving science and public policy. That we're motivated reasoners using science to project more deeply held political ideologies and personal identities.
The 'left' is just as human as the 'right.'
More directly, what's the point? Does this make the climate debate any less important or insane? Are we to say, well look the left falls victim to basic human psychology as well so therefore my feelings on climate are justified?
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