Evolution
The results of an interesting survey on the acceptance of evolution in Western nations (and Japan :huh:) have been released.
The top three don’t surprise me at all. There are a few countries that I would have expected to be higher up the list, and then of course there is the US, second from bottom. I expected it to be low, but not at the bottom of the list. However, given the prevalence of fundamentalist Christianity in the US, maybe it’s not such a surprise after all.
Of course, one day the theory of evolution may be disproved (not by an American ;)), but I doubt I’ll be around if that day ever comes.
The UK is 6th in the list, which is maybe higher than I would have expected, and we have the lowest percentage of people who completely dismiss the theory of evolution.
Go Iceland! Just one more reason to justify wanting to live there. :P