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August 14, 2006
And they all lived happily ever ignorant
As the US continues to lag behind the rest of the world in teaching math and science, the results of that poor education are catching up to us:
A comparison of peoples' views in 34 countries finds that the United States ranks near the bottom when it comes to public acceptance of evolution. Only Turkey ranked lower.Among the factors contributing to America's low score are poor understanding of biology, especially genetics, the politicization of science and the literal interpretation of the Bible by a small but vocal group of American Christians, the researchers say.
Keep em bahrfoot and ignerunt.
From my observation, less American history and civics are taught than science. Given that the results of crappy science education yields people who completely ignore common scientific theory, imagine how many believe the US was founded on the Bible and Christianity.
I don't think this has that much to do with a literal interpretation of the Bible. I think it has to do with people being told this shit over and over and over with nothing to counter it.
Given that the seven dwarves of Snow White fame are more well known that the justices on the US Supreme Court, its not terribly surprising that Americans would believe fairy tales over science.
Hell, they elected George W Bush twice. If that isn't proof that they believe in fairy tales, nothing is.
Posted by Carla at August 14, 2006 03:43 PM
