On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote:
> I think you give the general population more credit than me. I would > be suprised if 39% could find New York on a map of the US, much less > do math slightly more advanced than 2+2. I'd bet less than 39% could > explain how the 3 branches of government work, or what a black hole > is. Ask who the finalists are for American Idol, however, and that > percentage is significantly higher. In general, about science and > math and "school stuff", people are dumb. > > I think 39%'s not bad, all things considered. I just hope the > registered voters come from that 39% and not "the rest". > > -Cameron > You're probably right. After all, the study did say that as education level increased, the percentage of evolution subscribers grew significantly. So that is encouraging....it suggests that lack of access to education is more to blame than an inability to unwillingness to learn. Though certainly the latter is at the heart of the statistically significant group who reject knowledge outright on religious grounds. -- There's no dollar sign on piece of mind If you agree, raise a glass with me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288231 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
