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The University of Colorado Boulder has an article up about a paper [open, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-018-0520-3] [DX] published Monday in Nature Human Behavior which finds that U.S. adults:
who hold the most extreme views opposing genetically modified (GM) foods think they know most about GM food science, but actually know the least
The paper's key finding is that:
the more strongly people report being opposed to GM foods, the more knowledgeable they think they are on the topic, but the lower they score on an actual knowledge test.
Interestingly the authors found similar results applied to gene therapy, but were unable prove a similar conclusion when they tested against climate change denialism. This leads them to hypothesize that:
the climate change debate has become so politically polarized that people's attitudes depend more on which group they affiliate with than how much they know about the issue.
It might be instructive to run similar studies in a number of areas such as
Vaccinations
Nuclear Power
Homeopathy
...
Where would you like to see this study done next?
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday January 15 2019, @07:57PM (5 children)
That applies to EMACS so-called "power-users" as well -- ask them to point out the Super and Hyper keys on their keyboards and less than 1% can do so.
(Score: 4, Touché) by pipedwho on Tuesday January 15 2019, @08:52PM (3 children)
Don't worry, 50% of Microsoft Office power users still can't find the 'Any' key.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @01:22AM (1 child)
Stick hand out. Put on keyboard. Push down. You just found it. Your are welcome.
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Friday January 18 2019, @12:49AM
Yes, that's what they can't do.
(Score: 2) by Webweasel on Wednesday January 16 2019, @10:01AM
I see catarel, essce and pigup.
Priyom.org Number stations, Russian Military radio. "You are a bad, bad man. Do you have any other virtues?"-Runaway1956
(Score: 2) by vux984 on Tuesday January 15 2019, @11:36PM
Meh... im not sure i could point at the letter B or the period or the letter L or the + sign either. It's all muscle memory.