2016: Survey on Free Speech

Discovery Institute commissions a new nationwide survey of American adults to determine public support for free speech in science.

• 93% of Americans agree that “teachers and students should have the academic freedom to objectively discuss both the scientific strengths and weaknesses of the theory of evolution.”
• 88% of Americans agree that “scientists who raise scientific criticisms of evolution should have the freedom to make their arguments without being subjected to censorship or discrimination.”
• 84% believe that “attempts to censor or punish scientists for holding dissenting views on issues such as evolution or climate change are not appropriate in a free society.”
• 87% think that “people can disagree about what science says on a particular topic without being ‘anti-science.’”

Download the full report: “Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support the Right of Students, Teachers, and Scientists to Discuss Dissenting Scientific Views on Evolution”

David Klinghoffer, “Evoluton’s Enforcers are Waaaaay Out of Step with Public Opinion”

David Klinghoffer, “Scientists Versus the Public on Airing Scientific Dissent“