<p>For some time I have been very interested in the intelligent design (ID)/creationism vs. evolution debate.  My parents are both medical professionals and consider themselves creationists.  I have many other family members who are also medical professionals and believe in creationism.  While reading webpages on the subject and other widely rejected ideas, my experience suggested that medical professionals were more likely to accept such ideas than people from other technical professions.  Is there any evidence to support this?</p>

<p>Are people from medical professions more likely than average to accept conspiracy theories?</p>

<p>I did find <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/aa.2004.106.4.782.2/abstract" rel="nofollow">one article</a> that appeared to address the issue, but I could not find a free copy of it anywhere.</p>

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The article you link to is actually a book review about this book: http://www.amazon.com/Transparency-Conspiracy-Ethnographies-Suspicion-World/dp/0822330245 . From the review it sounds like an interesting book, but doesn't answer your question.
Ofri Raviv
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2013-04-18T18:06:31.223Z
A related question: [What makes people easily subscribe to pseudoscientific theories?](http://cogsci.stackexchange.com/q/1556/29)
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Is there a variance in acceptance of conspiracy theories by occupation?
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# Is there a variance in acceptance of conspiracy theories by occupation?

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For some time I have been very interested in the intelligent design (ID)/creationism vs. evolution debate. My parents are both medical professionals and consider themselves creationists. I have many other family members who are also medical professionals and believe in creationism. While reading webpages on the subject and other widely rejected ideas, my experience suggested that medical professionals were more likely to accept such ideas than people from other technical professions. Is there any evidence to support this?

Are people from medical professions more likely than average to accept conspiracy theories?

I did find [one article](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/aa.2004.106.4.782.2/abstract) that appeared to address the issue, but I could not find a free copy of it anywhere.

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> **username_1**: The article you link to is actually a book review about this book: http://www.amazon.com/Transparency-Conspiracy-Ethnographies-Suspicion-World/dp/0822330245 . From the review it sounds like an interesting book, but doesn't answer your question.  
> **username_2**: A related question: [What makes people easily subscribe to pseudoscientific theories?](http://cogsci.stackexchange.com/q/1556/29)  

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