Berkeley cognitive linguist George Lakof pointed out:
Conservatives don’t dislike science or expertise inherently, Lakoff says–but for them, these are not the chief source of authority. Instead, conservatives have a moral system based on a “strict father” model of the family, which is then exported to various other realms of society–the market, the government. All are meant to be governed in a ruggedly individualistic, free-market way–where you either succeed or you don’t, based on your own mettle . . .
Scientific evidence “has a possible effect over the market, foreign policy, religion, all kinds of things,” Lakoff says. “So they can’t have that.”
See http://dangerousintersection.org/2011/06/13/conservative-science-and-liberal-science/
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