HUH?

The study also revealed something counterintuitive: The people most knowledgeable about science and who had the best grasp of math and numbers were the ones least concerned about climate change. On both sides of the issue, those who held the strongest opinions knew the most about science -- suggesting that the more information you give people, the more entrenched they can become on their own beliefs.

Let's try this again ... the ones who knew the most about science were the least concerned about climate change. Okay. But on both sides, the ones who knew the most science held the strongest opinions. Aren't those statements contradictory? Or is one 'most' stronger than the other 'most'?