Re: [asa] American political conservatism impedes the understanding of science

Hmm, I have a Ph.D. (in electrical engineering, of course, so that makes me not
a scientist :-)), I accept evolution (under God's sovereignty) and I'm
politically conservative. Hmm, must be because I'm left-handed :-)).

Seriously, thanks for posting this, PIM. I think generally it rings true. Do
you know what volume and number the graph is published in?

--- PvM <pvm.pandas@gmail.com> wrote:

> On PT it is reported that
>
> Science magazine has just published a graph of data taken from a
> general social survey of Americans that quantifies what most of us
> assume: a well-educated liberal who is not a fundamentalist is much
> more likely to accept evolution than a conservative fundamentalist
> with only a high school education. You can see the trend fairly
> clearly: here we see the percent believing in evolution vs.
> fundamentalism, amount of education, and self-reported political
> views.
>
> For image see
> http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/upload/2007/01/belief_in_evo.jpg
> or for a larger picture:
> http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/upload/2007/01/belief_in_evo_lg.php
>
> The percentage of respondents believing in human evolution is plotted
> simultaneously against political view (conservative, moderate,
> liberal), education (high school or less, some college, graduate
> school), and respondent's religious denomination (fundamentalist or
> not). Belief in evolution rises along with political liberalism,
> independently of control variables.
>
> Continue reading "American political conservatism impedes the
> understanding of science" (on Pharyngula)
>
(http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/01/american_political_conservatis.php)
>
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