Evolution poll

[Minimalist]

That does not hide the fact that we have a shitload of fucking idiots walking around unsupervised, Rhythm.

[Anomalocaris]

In many ways America is fantastic, especially their whole scientific community which I love

Much of new blood in the American scientific community is made up of foreign talents who were culturally insulated from the so called "mid-America". Mid-America can not do without fruits of science, but mostly doesn't care for science.

Perhaps portent of things to come, increasing proportion of the new foreign blood in American scientific community now finds it more advantagous to their career aspirations to return to their native lands.

Some forecasts say the scientific research community of China will be 5-6 times the size of those of American by 2030.

[Cyberman]

Well, well, roughly 5 times as many Americans managed to pay attention in highschool biology as Canadians, and twice as many as our very special friends across the Atlantic.

I'm choosing to interpret your meaning of "very special friends" as a complimentary reference to our shared heritage and history, instead of the "learning difficulties" meaning which could so easily be read into the phrase.

[Thor]

It makes me ill to think that 2/3 of the people in my country ignore scientific fact and cling to beliefs that shouldn't survive a grade school education.

[Tobie]

It makes me ill to think that 2/3 of the people in my country ignore scientific fact and cling to beliefs that shouldn't survive a grade school education.

Any number of people ignoring science for no good reason is bad. At least most of our idiots in the UK keep to the countryside.

[Cinjin]

I think as a nation we might look significantly more intelligent once the rest of the Baby Boomers die off.

Not that all of them are religious, but you know how most of those blue-hairs are "good gawd-fearin people."

[jonb]

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Any number of people ignoring science for no good reason is bad. At least most of our idiots in the UK keep to the countryside.

Tobie; these are common sights in London.

[Tobie]

Tobie; these are common sights in London.

I didn't say they weren't. A better way of saying it would be that in the rural areas, a large majority of the adult population is religious, by either beliefs or habit. It appears to me that there are a lot more apathetic people in cities, and the religious communities are a lot more insular.