48% of Americans Reject Evolution
Found on Slashdot on Friday, 30 March 2007
MSNBC has up an article discussing the results of a Newsweek poll on faith and religion among members of the US populace. Given the straightforward question, 'Is evolution well-supported by evidence and widely accepted within the scientific community?', some 48% of Americans said 'No'. Furthermore, 34% of college graduates said they accept the Biblical story of creation as fact. An alarmingly high number of individuals responded that they believe the earth is only 10,000 years old, and that a deity created our species in its present form at the start of that period.
Probably that's also why the US dropped from number one down to seven when it comes to innovation. It's interesting that the US government condemns religious fanatics and runs wars against groups like the Taliban; people who also accept their religious beliefs as facts. Looks like they are turning into what they are fighting.