The Daily Background
| Poll: Only a shockingly small minority of Americans believe in evolution
by Arlen Parsa
This is a real forehead+desk moment:
On the eve of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, a new Gallup Poll shows that only 39% of Americans say they “believe in the theory of evolution,” while a quarter say they do not believe in the theory, and another 36% don’t have an opinion either way. These attitudes are strongly related to education and, to an even greater degree, religiosity.
There is a strong relationship between education and belief in Darwin’s theory, as might be expected, ranging from 21% of those with high-school educations or less to 74% of those with postgraduate degrees.
When will people get it through their heads that religion and reason are not mutually exclusive?
As an aside, I’d be curious to know what attitudes towards evolution are in other developed countries.
You can check out this link for a 2006 survey about belief in evolution in 32 European countries plus Japan:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060810-evolution.html
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