The Relationship Between Subjective Knowledge and Opposition to Scientific Consensus

A new study looked at the relationship between overconfidence and opposition to scientific consensus. The more people overestimated their knowledge, the more they also rejected the scientific consensus. Topics that aren't highly politicized show this pattern? No, i don't think so. Carraway: It's actlly the opposite of dunning kruger where the people who know the least are not likely to follow this pattern.