Re-Debating Ideological Asymmetry: My Opening Response to Dan Kahan

[image error]In the past week, Dan Kahan of Yale has done a series of posts—laden with new experimental evidence—in reaction my book The Republican Brain. The posts are here and here, and a third (at least) is promised.

Here, I want to offer an initial, brief reaction to Kahan, to be followed by a series of in-depth replies.

Overall, I’m of two minds about Kahan’s approach. On the one hand, he has been very complimentary to the book—unlike most of my critics, he has actually read it!–and has offered up some...