I find the polls saying that x% of Americans believe in creationism, astrology, etc depressing but this is just incomprehensible. This is something I think I've known for as long as I remember, something like a turned on stove is hot. I just don't understand how people can be this out of touch with the world around them. But then again 44% of adults believe that humans were created by a magical skygod sometime in the last 10,000 years - some form of YEC.
47% of Americans need to be launched into a heliocentric orbit
Sigh. I should be surprised by stuff like this, but the most damning thing about it is that I’m not surprised.
Only 53% of adult Americans know it takes the Earth a year to go around the Sun. The reason it’s not surprising to me is that that’s how many Americans couldn’t ask Oprah or Dr. Phil about it first.
This is the result of a survey done by the California Academy of Sciences. The other results aren’t a whole lot more encouraging. What slays me is that the vast majority of Americans think that science is important to their lives:
Despite this lack of knowledge, U.S. adults do believe that scientific research and education are important. About 4 in 5 adults think science education is “absolutely essential” or “very important” to the U.S. healthcare system (86%), the U.S. global reputation (79%), and the U.S. economy (77%).
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