150 years ago, Charles Darwin put forth the theory of evolution based on natural selection. Layers and layers of scientific evidence have since proven many of his theories to have merit and evolution is mostly accepted as fact by the scientific community. But what about the general public?
The last major public survey I could find was a Gallup Poll from 2005. In this poll of 34 (mostly western) countries, the United States ranks second to last in public acceptance, right before Turkey ( a mostly Muslim nation.)
So in the U.S., only about 40% think that evolution is true, while nearly 60% say it is either false or they aren’t sure if it is true. Interesting…especially when we consider ourselves to be an educated, first world country.
For comparison, here are some Muslim opinions.
So…was Darwin right? Or is the Earth just a few thousand years old, with all species being independently created by a master planner?
In 2008, Gallup did a national poll to find out where the most religious areas of America are. The northwest corner of the country (where I hail from) is among the least religious part of the country. Can you guess which camp I sit in? Let’s just say I’m not waiting for the rapture….
(cross posted at Bring It On!)
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February 12th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
It sucks that those who don’t believe in natural selection get to benefit from it. If only they could just stop evolving so the rest of us could continue on…
March 16th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Science has had 150 years to prove a theory….and the American public still doesn’t buy it.
Science believes in Darwin…
America believes in God….
It does not factually prove that anyone is smarter than anyone else by choosing a belief.
In the end, it’s all about truth and making the right choice.
Choose wisely…BG
March 16th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
For some of you, some additional reading is required…
Not everyone that chooses to disagree with Darwin is uneducated.
Please go to http://www.dissentfromdarwin.org/ and “download the list.”
You will be stunned. I was!!…BG
April 18th, 2009 at 5:00 am
I thinks that the public are not understand Darwin theory of evolution based on natural selection if they are, then they are 150 years ago.
Evolution is unstoppable and it’s plays his role effectively in world.
Rick
http://www.nymovingboxes.com/
March 4th, 2010 at 6:02 am
i totally agree with b. gorge- Darwin theory full of inconsistent moments and there are many another theories at the moment that proves that probably there was no any evolution…
July 14th, 2010 at 8:31 am
although we see evolution before our eyes everyday in the animal kingdom, with viruses, plants…. natural selection is pretty much what we call biotech these days when cross breeding, survival of the fittest and those wonderful jumps in evolution when we find purple apples, red lemons and three eyed fish (Springfield river)
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