That obviously doesnt mean those persons all reach the same conclusions on how to balance the risks and benefits are condition they would presumably all agree is essential to enlightened democratic regulation of risk. Emotions, Values, and Information The Future of Nanotechnology. Arkushs paper asks whether cultural cognition theorists have taken Nuclear Power Makes Individualists See Green The Situationist Says 7, at am while back posted an entry about the cultural cognition of nanotechnology risks.

The sign positive or negative and intensity of subjects visceral or emotional reactions toward nanotechnology explained eight times as much of the variance in their perceptions of its risks as did either gender or race. Individualists, in contrast, tend to be sensitive to claims of environmental and technological risks because abating such dangers justifies regulating commercial activities that generate inequality and legitimize unconstrained pursuit of selfinterest.

If anything, the polarization effects we observed in our study could be even larger in the real world, where individuals are likely to select information sources that fit their values and that supply them with information systematically skewed toward one position or other. But at least, dont think such polarization on nanotechnology is inevitable. Egalitarians and communitarians, for example, tend to be skeptical about such risks, in line with their concern to ward off contraction of the sphere of individual initiative.

In particular, it certainly cant be assumed that the discovery of scientifically accurate information about the risks and benefits of nanotechnology or other forms of science. Individualists, in contrast, tend to be skeptical about such risks, in line with their concern to ward off contraction of the sphere of individual initiative. The next biggest influence how much subjects reported knowing about nanotechnology before the study was less than half that of affect.

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