Why does this not surprise me?
Americans less likely to accept evolution than Europeans
“The total effect of fundamentalist religious beliefs on attitude toward evolution was nearly twice as much in the United States,” he said, “which indicates that individuals who hold a strong belief in a personal God - and who pray frequently - were significantly less likely to view evolution as probably or definitely true than adults with less conservative religious views.”
Not surprisingly, Miller and colleagues also found that persons with strong pro-life beliefs were significantly more likely to reject evolution than those with pro-choice views.
Miller said a lack of genetic literacy on the part of many American adults also plays a role. For example, only a third of American adults agree that more than half of human genes are identical to those of mice, and only 38 percent of adult recognize that humans have more than half of their genes in common with chimpanzees.
“These results should be troubling for science educators at all levels,” he said. “The growing number of adults who are uncertain about these ideas suggests that current science instruction is not effective.”
No. What it suggests is that people are content to live with their own flipping ignorance, because it's much "safer" to sit back and think "Oh, Sky Deity will take care of it all/has it all under control" than it is to think critically about one's life, one's self, one's purpose, and one's universe.
Thinking is scary, obviously.
It makes their poor widdle heads hurt.
It is possible to be religious/spiritual without being an ignorant idiot.
Come on.
“The total effect of fundamentalist religious beliefs on attitude toward evolution was nearly twice as much in the United States,” he said, “which indicates that individuals who hold a strong belief in a personal God - and who pray frequently - were significantly less likely to view evolution as probably or definitely true than adults with less conservative religious views.”
Not surprisingly, Miller and colleagues also found that persons with strong pro-life beliefs were significantly more likely to reject evolution than those with pro-choice views.
Miller said a lack of genetic literacy on the part of many American adults also plays a role. For example, only a third of American adults agree that more than half of human genes are identical to those of mice, and only 38 percent of adult recognize that humans have more than half of their genes in common with chimpanzees.
“These results should be troubling for science educators at all levels,” he said. “The growing number of adults who are uncertain about these ideas suggests that current science instruction is not effective.”
No. What it suggests is that people are content to live with their own flipping ignorance, because it's much "safer" to sit back and think "Oh, Sky Deity will take care of it all/has it all under control" than it is to think critically about one's life, one's self, one's purpose, and one's universe.
Thinking is scary, obviously.
It makes their poor widdle heads hurt.
It is possible to be religious/spiritual without being an ignorant idiot.
Come on.