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Who is skeptical about scientific innovation? Examining worldview predictors of AI, nanotechnology and human genetic editing attitudes

2023-06-05

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<p>This work examines worldview predictors of attitudes towards nanotechnology, human genetic editing (HGE) and artificial intelligence (AI). By simultaneously assessing the relative predictive value of various worldview variables in two Dutch samples (total N = 614), we obtained evidence for spirituality as a key predictor of skepticism across domains. Religiosity reliably predicted HGE skepticism only. Lower fai...

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Literature Corpus work: c4815731-2fdc-5705-9e62-3525d61a8f64
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/98y34

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