To: Brumar89 who wrote (25180 ) 9/26/2012 3:25:49 PM From: TimF 1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) | Respond to Republicans are more scientifically literate than Democrats or independents are ++Addition++ Razib looks at the same by political orientation (liberal/moderate/conservative) and finds liberals and conservatives to be pretty much at parity when it comes to scientific literacy, with moderates markedly less well versed. He then ran logistic regressions to look at how specific dependent variables correlate with scientific literacy. Education and intelligence consistently predict better performance (unsurprisingly).Jason Malloy dispelled this notion several years ago , but I wanted to present the GSS data on the topic in a more concrete and packaged form.Item Dem Ind Rep Astrology is not scientific 64.3% 55.7% 75.1% The benefits of science exceed the harms 73.3% 66.2% 78.0% Understands the need for control groups in testing 79.8% 81.4% 82.1% The earth's core is very hot 94.2% 92.6% 94.6% Demonstrates a basic understanding of probability 87.9% 90.0% 91.8% Not all radioactivity is man-made 79.2% 78.5% 85.9% Father, not mother, determines a child's sex 72.0% 74.7% 77.3% Lasers are not made by condensing sound waves 63.4% 70.9% 75.1% Electrons are smaller than atoms 71.4% 71.3% 72.8% Antibiotics do not kill viruses 55.7% 55.4% 65.8% Continental drift has and continues to occur 90.1% 90.6% 87.9% Humans evolved from other animals 57.6% 50.7% 41.5% The earth revolves around the sun 79.2% 73.9% 81.5% It takes the earth one year to rotate around the sun 75.8% 78.8% 78.9% Respondent will eat genetically modified foods 66.1% 69.4% 73.1% The north pole is on a sheet of ice 67.0% 59.7% 63.4% Not all man-made chemicals cause cancer when eaten 46.6% 46.4% 52.6% Exposure to radioactivity doesn't necessarily lead to death 67.5% 67.1% 77.0% Exposure to pesticides doesn't necessarily cause cancer 55.5% 57.9% 66.8%
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