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Matt Salomone
@matthematician
Associate professor & chair, @BridgeStateU math. On sabbatical! Views mine. Minnechusetts, twins. #FiniteSimpleGroup. CV: https://t.co/6LS05hJDaK
Dec 27, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Intolerance of ambiguity is one of the most powerful psychological needs that predicts right-wing conservatism.

It’s also why there are so many reactionaries in STEM fields, there I said it As painful as summer 2020’s Two Plus Two Discourse was, it was a useful illustration of the epistemic pull STEM has on many folks who just crave “one-right-answers”.

I hear it from math majors a lot re: why they were drawn to the field. “Either it’s right or wrong” dualism.