Many Americans were shocked at Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 election,
but those with graduate degrees in the social sciences and humanities were among the most mystified.
- These "scientists" may be paid a good salary to profess their knowledge & understanding of humans and their societies,
- but this expertise didn’t allow them to predict that someone like Trump could capture the vote of so many of their fellow Americans.
The 2016 election tightened the grip that conservatives have on US politics
- and this could pose a severe threat to the funding of scholarship in the social sciences and humanities in the country.
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Darwin Applied to Trump: Can Evolutionary Theory Help Us Understand the Appeal of Donald Trump?
https://evolution-institute.org/focus-article/darwin-applied-to-trump-can-evolutionary-theory-help-us-understand-the-appeal-of-donald-trump/