(April 5, 2022 at 1:27 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(April 5, 2022 at 1:19 pm)yea vulcanlogician Wrote: I don't know the details of the study, but I wonder if the correlation doesn't go the other way. (ie. bigoted and narrow-minded people don't like to do much studying, and therefore aren't familiar enough with the facts to realize how plausible a theory evolution is.)
i am not sure there is any directionality from one to the other. rather it seems to me the two both arise out of, or at least are eased and expedited by, the same underlying thing.
Good point. I concur that it would be hard to establish directionality one way or the other. But the quotes from the OP seem to suggest people doing just that (meaning rejection of evolution causes racism). Again, I don't know the details of the study, but I'm more apt to agree with you that "the same underlying thing" causing both racism and rejection of evolution is more plausible.
