Evolution, religion, and ignorance.

[Angrboda]

It's said that with the variety available to the average media consumer today, you could spend all your time reading on the internet without ever reading an opinion that differs from your own. Perhaps that's why creationists misunderstand evolution. It's not that they don't try, but their first inclination is to go to a source which agrees with their pre-existing opinions. So an industry of disinformation about evolution feeds on itself and perpetuates the misunderstanding. In that sense, it wouldn't be that they haven't tried to understand evolution, it's that they've tried in a way that is guaranteed to lead to an understanding filled with error.