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Did Humans Evolve? No, Say Americans
Stern Thinker writes "In a 2005 poll covering 33 countries, Americans are the least likely (except for Turkish respondents) to assert that 'humans developed ... from earlier species of animals.' Iceland, meanwhile, has an 85% acceptance rating for evolution." The blurb on the site for Science magazine is less circumspect about the findings: "The acceptance of evolution is lower in the United States than in Japan or Europe, largely because of widespread fundamentalism and the politicization of science in the United States."
I can't believe I'm trying to defend America's honor by pointing out that we may still be better than Burma or Pakistan. :(
there is no need to sign your posts. this isn't usenet. your username is right there above your post. stop it.
Some claim politization. I say Americans are simply observant. Take a look around in America lately, would you believe evolution?
I, for one, consider George W evidence that we some of us have evolved very little from monkeys.
What if I do the same thing, and I do get different results?
"I guess I often think of something I heard someone say: "If humans evolved from apes...why are there still apes?"
Maybe you should think a little more.
there is no need to sign your posts. this isn't usenet. your username is right there above your post. stop it.
Science threatens their faith.
On a related note, did you hear that the Bush administration now says that bird flu is nothing to worry about? More to the point, for bird flu to be a threat to humans, it would have to evolve, and everyone knows evolution is just a theory!
It's called a fork in development. Consider OpenBSD and FreeBSD.
The roughly third percent of the US population who do not believe in the evolution of humans cited themselves as proof...
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
Worrying about Bird Flu is so 2005. ... but that whoooshing sound of a joke flying over someone's head NEVER gets old!
Those Icelanders have NO sense of decency. Why, once one was visiting my parents in Arizona on a cold day and he was wearing shorts! It was a freezing 60 degrees and he had the indecency to wear very revealing shorts (I could see his knees!). Them and their... ice festivals... and... beastiality (I read it on the internet -- Icelanders are notorious for polar bear rape). Go America, these colors don't run!
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
in evolution because I personally evolved from a lower life form--I used to be a Republican.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
mind people rejecting evolution.
as long as they're consistent.
In the event of a bird flu outbreak in humans, they should not ever take a vaccine or medicine for it.
There win-win.
Timang tinggi tinggi
parang sudah asah
alang alang mandi
biar sampai basah
"Miss Crabtree - call the feds! I think Johnny's evolving!"
And in other news....
Global warming doesn't exist
The earth is flat
Microsoft Vista is out and universally loved by all
The check is in the mail
"But this one goes to 11!"
You must be new here.
I concur, the only wooshing sound that happened in this circumstance was the other poster falling back in his chair.
It's understandable why many Americans don't believe in evolution -- It's because evolution only happens outside of the US.
Can you imagine the comments in the code?
// I'm not happy with this but it *seems* to work...
// HACK HACK HACK HACK HACK
// Old generic mammal code, needs to be replaced!
// Required by large brain code--refactor if time permits
// Copied from chimp project--doesn't really work well there either.
// FIX ME!!!
I wouldn't want him working on my project...