The strength of this paper is how thoroughly Wynne explains the sheep farmers' POV, their distrust of scientists and the government. Its weakness is its somewhat wishful thinking about their politics.
Thank you for taking the time to explain this! I very much agree that “it’s not that deep” - people are complicated, theyre not just waiting for some social revolution that delivers all the things they care about.
I do feel that you’re over-correcting a bit with the generalizations about progressive responses to institutional/scientific arrogance. Wynne certainly makes his own stance clear, but I’m sure that there are many people out there (like the farmers and Queens residents) who hold conflicting, inconsistent opinions.
Thank you for taking the time to explain this! I very much agree that “it’s not that deep” - people are complicated, theyre not just waiting for some social revolution that delivers all the things they care about.
I do feel that you’re over-correcting a bit with the generalizations about progressive responses to institutional/scientific arrogance. Wynne certainly makes his own stance clear, but I’m sure that there are many people out there (like the farmers and Queens residents) who hold conflicting, inconsistent opinions.