Status Distrust of Scientific Experts
Status Distrust of Scientific Experts
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DOI：
10.1080/02691728.2022.2104758
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发表时间：
2022-08-24
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Desmond, Hugh
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作者：
Desmond, Hugh
对科学专家的不信任可能出奇地顽固，尽管有证据支持专家的观点，证明他们的能力，或表现出善意，但这种不信任仍然持续存在。这种顽固的不信任通常被视为非理性的表现。相比之下，本文提出了一种“地位不信任”的逻辑：地位低的个人客观上容易受到集体决策的影响，如果他们不相信地位高的科学专家没有把他们的最大利益放在心上，他们就有理由不信任这些专家。在地位不信任现象中，社会地位是不信任的一个指标，这对科学信任和专家沟通的文献具有更广泛的意义。
Distrust in scientific experts can be surprisingly stubborn, persisting despite evidence supporting the experts' views, demonstrations of their competence, or displays of good will. This stubborn distrust is often viewed as a manifestation of irrationality. By contrast, this article proposes a logic of "status distrust": low-status individuals are objectively vulnerable to collective decision-making, and can justifiably distrust high-status scientific experts if they are not confident that the experts do not have their best interests at heart. In phenomena of status distrust, social status is thus an indicator of distrust, and this has wider implications for the literatures on trust in science and on expert communication.