Yeah, no. Thinking you understand != understand.

well yeah, because we are the most evolved country in the world.

/ducks

My grandfather is not a fish therefor evolution is false and the Bible is true

I Said: My grandfather is not a fish therefor evolution is false and the Bible is true

My grandfather was a fish. What now?

We're Number 1! We're Number... what's that? Oh, Goddamnit.

FTA:Only Russia (48%), USA (42%), South Africa (41%) and Egypt (25%) remained sceptical about the scientific evidence that exists to support Darwin's theory.

RainWhenIDie: My grandfather was a fish. What now?

Join the Justice League as the most useless superhero?

I am have as higher right now, so I'm getting a kick...

Ah, the Dunning-Kruger effect... or as my high school biology teacher put it, these would be the people who don't know and don't know they don't know. Of the four kinds of people in the world, they're the worst.

1) Those who know and know they know. They're in good shape obviously.
2) Those who know and don't know they know. They may just lack confidence. There's hope for them.
3) Those who don't know and know they don't know. They're ignorant and they know it. That's okay. We're all ignorant about many things. They can be taught.
4) Those who don't know and don't know they don't know. Yeah, they're farked and they'll fark up the rest of us given the chance.

Only Russia (48%), USA (42%), South Africa (41%) and Egypt (25%) remained sceptical about the scientific evidence that exists to support Darwin's theory.

Wait, Russia's dumber than we are? Woohoo! We beat someone!

patrick767: Wait, Russia's dumber than we are? Woohoo! We beat someone!

They're not dumb, they're just too drunk to care.

/Male life expectancy: 61.5 years and dropping

RainWhenIDie: My grandfather was a fish. What now?

You're 1/4 a fish, and your grandmother was a Led Zeppelin fan.

I Said: My grandfather is not a fish therefor evolution is false and the Bible is true

Cladistically speaking, your grandfather most definitely is a fish.

So, that says a whole bunch of Christians think they understand what Darwin was saying, but really just understand what their preacher has yelled at them?

We also know all the quests in WoW and the name of Luke Skywalker's aunt. We're experts on fiction.

I'll be riding my dinosaur with Jeebus if anyone needs me.

GAT_00: So, that says a whole bunch of Christians think they understand what Darwin was saying, but really just understand what their preacher has yelled at them?

Since the survey only measured self-asserted degree of understanding, and did not directly measure the understanding... probably, yes.

GAT_00: So, that says a whole bunch of Christians think they understand what Darwin was saying, but really just understand what their preacher has yelled at them?

Their preacher probably told them that they now know what their talking about.

opiumpoopy: You're 1/4 a fish, and your grandmother was a Led Zeppelin fan.

that, is a post of pure beauty.

A stopped clock is right twice a day, too.

That is unpossible. There are millions of religtards in this country that think the process of evolution has something to do with the origin of life.

RainWhenIDie: I Said: My grandfather is not a fish therefor evolution is false and the Bible is true

My grandfather was a fish. What now?

Are you related to Troy McClure?

But not, obviously, of grammar.

patrick767: 1) Those who know and know they know.
2) Those who know and don't know they know.
3) Those who don't know and know they don't know.
4) Those who don't know and don't know they don't know.

Summon He Who Cannot Be Named.

madmann
I am have as higher right now, so I'm getting a kick...


This!

In related news, 93% of American men think they are "above average" lovers.

patrick767
4) Those who don't know and don't know they don't know. Yeah, they're farked and they'll fark up the rest of us given the chance.

90% if them think they're in category one, usually found biatching about that 4th category.

I'm guessing it's the unlikely tag because there isn't a ROFTLMAO, LOLCOPTER tag or some such.

They tell us that / We lost our tails
Evolving up / From little snails
I say its all / Just wind in sails
Are we not men?
We are devo!

Were pinheads now / We are not whole
Were pinheads all / Jocko homo
Are we not men?
D-e-v-o!

Monkey men all / In business suit
Teachers and critics / All dance the poot
Are we not men? / We are devo!
Are we not men?
D-e-v-o!

God made man / But he used the monkey to do it
Apes in the plan / Were all here to prove it
I can walk like an ape / Talk like an ape
I can do what a monkey can do
God made man / But a monkey supplied the glue
We must repeat
O.k. lets go!

DemonEater: But not, obviously, of grammar.

This. As higher level..? That doesn't make any sense dammit. Perhaps you meant As high a level or Dude i'm so high i'm on a new level or whatever..

/fuggit, i'm gonna go read a book

And think of how much farther ahead of everyone else we would be if we didn't count nuked Kansas.

I Said: My grandfather is not a fish therefor evolution is false and the Bible is true

My grandfather was a shark.

Actually, he was a lawyer. Good enough for government work.

So a good number of Americans understand evolution the way Tom Cruise understands the history of psychiatry. Got it.

New poll shows that Americans have as higher level of understanding of evolution than any other country in the world

like such as?

DemonEater: But not, obviously, of grammar.

I lol'd

/that make sense to you subby? or you mods?

This all propaganda in the war against science.

RainWhenIDie:
I Said: My grandfather is not a fish therefor evolution is false and the Bible is true

My grandfather was a fish. What now?

Oh, snapper!

as higher level of understanding of evolution than any other country in the world

... but our grammar ain't so evolved.

Super Chronic: So a good number of Americans understand evolution the way Tom Cruise understands the history of psychiatry. Got it.

You're being glib.

br0g: DemonEater: But not, obviously, of grammar.

This. As higher level..? That doesn't make any sense dammit. Perhaps you meant As high a level or Dude i'm so high i'm on a new level or whatever..

/fuggit, i'm gonna go read a book

I believe "a higher level" (just replace "as" with "a") makes sense. Just a typo. Took me a while, though. Of course, as the article makes clear, it's not true, but that's a different matter.

Mom smells of fish.

EvilEgg: RainWhenIDie: My grandfather was a fish. What now?

Join the Justice League as the most useless superhero?

Hahhahaha. Bulls-eye, Mr. Egg.

I like how they present evolution as a fact, and not a theory, and we MUST believe and understand it or we're idiots.

Is that per pound, or per capita?

Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...
The Earth began to cool,
The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools,
We built a wall (we built the pyramids),
Math, science, history, unravelling the mysteries,
That all started with the big bang.

Um, headline fail. Unless submitter wanted to get a bunch of comments on why his/her headline sucks/is deceptive.

However, linked article is a pretty good explanation of why opinion polls like this are shiat. I don't care what percentage of people in America THINK they understand evolution. I only care about a survey that shows how many of them actually understand it. Their opinion of their own knowledge means nothing to me. Everybody thinks they're smart, but many, many people really aren't.

A question for people here who actually know anything about evolution:

Ok, so I know a lot of theoretical work has been done since Darwin (like Genetic Altruism, etc.) but what I don't hear about it the problem of people.

No doubts, we share a common ancestor with slime mold (or maybe life sprung up in isolated locations all over earth) - I don't doubt that. But what happens when free will, or may hyper intelligence interferes with the natural course of evolution.

For example, a woman can make herself a more attractive mate by getting plastic surgery, and therefore reproduces something like inferior genes. And it's not even known if there is a human baseline for "attractiveness" like there is in other species.

The question is, is there a theory of evolution that deals with this problem? If so, what is it?

DamnYankees: Yeah, no. Thinking you understand != understand.


Yeah well, the same exact thing can be said about PZ Meyers. sheesh.

understanding and belief in evolutionary theory != atheism

/note, I am not a believer in "intelligent design".

Cue relevantly captioned Billy Joel pics...

madmann: I am have as higher right now, so I'm getting a kick...


You am so smart one.

I get it! I really, really get it now!

You guys are sheltered idiots. Explore the world a little bit.
Just because there is a small number of very vocal creationists in the US, doesn't mean that other countries don't have more, less-vocal, beleivers in creationism. The U.S. always has a spotlight because we allow our people to take the stage and rant about whatever they feel to whomever will listen.
Put into a context of political geography, freedoms, and gov't education, as well as social mores and regional cultures, it is very easy to see how America could be leading the nation in evoltutionist thinkers - at least as a ratio of total populations - but whose educated are drowned out by the din of the ignorant.

/See Fark.com