Friday, June 8, 2007

Big surprise: 2/3 of Americans believe in a bronze-age myth

From the latest USA Today/Gallup poll: 66% of people think that 6-day creationism is "definitely" or "probably" true. *sigh*

Is it surprising, given how many people in our society are scientifically illiterate? For Zeus' sakes, 30% don't know that the earth orbits the sun, instead of the other way around!?!?!?! Why do we care what the "average American" thinks of evolution or any other scientific concept, given such crass ignorance?

I was surprised to see that only 15% would let a presidential candidate's pro-science stance hurt them, while 30% say that creationism would hurt that candidate's credentials.
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