Conservatives can't get science

Are conservatives hostile to science because science is hostile to their causes or is the problem actually a lot worse:

Tim Dean:

I’d like to advance a fourth hypothesis: the same psychological proclivities that predispose individuals towards conservatism and the Republican party are the same psychological proclivities that predispose those individuals to not have a strong interest in science.

Contrary to the popular view that political attitudes and ideological commitments are the product of environmental factors, such as family upbringing, socio-economic conditions, or rational reflection, in fact it’s psychology that plays a dominant role in influencing an individual’s political leanings. And career choices.

Some of these key psychological features are:

    Openness to experience (Mondak, 2010)
    Integrative Complexity (Tetlock, 1983)
    Tolerance of Ambiguity (Jost et al., 2007)
    Uncertainty Avoidance (Jost et al., 2003)

http://ockhamsbeard.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/science-and-politics/