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Did Humans Evolve? No, Say Americans

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-do-not-think-that-word-means-what-you-think-it-means dept.

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."

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  1. Note that the poll only covered Japan and Europe by bunions · · Score: 5, Funny

    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. :(

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  2. Praytell! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some claim politization. I say Americans are simply observant. Take a look around in America lately, would you believe evolution?

  3. Re:Well...a little of both? by bunions · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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.

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  4. Re:Well...a little of both? by polyomninym · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's called a fork in development. Consider OpenBSD and FreeBSD.

  5. I believe by Phoenix666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    in evolution because I personally evolved from a lower life form--I used to be a Republican.

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  6. Re:The Perceived Threat of Science by Sirfrummel · · Score: 5, Funny

    I concur, the only wooshing sound that happened in this circumstance was the other poster falling back in his chair.

  7. No evolution here by ubergeek65536 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's understandable why many Americans don't believe in evolution -- It's because evolution only happens outside of the US.

  8. Re:The Perceived Threat of Science by Thangodin · · Score: 5, Funny
    Yeah, but you usually fix the bugs. Our eyes are built inside out, the birth canal should not go through the pelvis (the opening is too small for our huge human head, requiring babies to be born with immature brains and women to have problematically wide hips), the size of our brains has squashed our sinuses and pushed our jaws out of alignment, etc, etc.

    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...