Previous research has highlighted how ideological factors such as political self-identification, religiosity and conspiracy thinking influence our beliefs about scientific issues such as climate change and vaccination. Across three studies (combined N = 9,022) we expand on this line of inquiry to show for the first time that the ideological attitudes relating to authoritarianism and group-based dominance predict disagreement with the scientific consensus in several scientific domains. We show these effects are almost entirely mediated by varying combinations of ideological (political ideology, religiosity, free-market endorsement, conspiracy thinking) and science-specific (scientific knowledge, trust in scientists) constructs, depending on the scientific issue in question. Importantly, a general distrust of science and scientists emerges as the most consistent mediator across different scientific domains. We find that, consistent with previous research, the ideological roots of rejection of science vary across scientific issues. However, we also show that these roots may share a common origin in ideological attitudes regarding authority and equality.

先前的研究强调了政治自我认同、宗教信仰和阴谋思维等意识形态因素如何影响我们对气候变化和疫苗接种等科学问题的信念。在三项研究中（结合N= 9,022）我们扩展了这条调查线，首次表明与威权主义和基于群体的支配地位相关的意识形态态度预示着与几个科学领域的科学共识的分歧。我们表明，这些影响几乎完全由意识形态（政治意识形态、宗教信仰、自由市场认可、阴谋思维）和特定科学（科学知识、对科学家的信任）结构的不同组合调节，具体取决于所讨论的科学问题。重要的是，对科学和科学家的普遍不信任成为跨不同科学领域最一致的中介。我们发现，与之前的研究一致，拒绝科学的意识形态根源因科学问题而异。然而，