Thursday, December 10, 2009

And your final score is Angels 55 - AGW 36

Here is the full scoreboard from Foreign Policy:

Percentage of Americans who believe in angels: 55

Percentage of Americans who believe in evolution: 39

Percentage of Americans who believe in anthropogenic global warming: 36

Percentage of Americans who believe in ghosts: 34

Percentage of Americans who believe in UFOs: 34

Go to the link for sources. We are a wild and wacky bunch, aren't we?


Hat tip to Gabriel M.



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5 comments:

  1. gene mauch3:22 PM, December 10, 2009

    I believe in angels.

    Also twins, expos, and phillies.

    Beginning to entertain doubts about agw, though.

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  2. br6:40 PM, December 10, 2009

    The Pew Research the AGW number is based on is really interesting.

    The moral of the story seems to be that Americans don't trust journalists or scientists, but they do trust metaphysicists. The ad-wizards behind BHO's campaign seem to have known this.

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  3. Norman7:04 PM, December 10, 2009

    This poll wasn't conducted by the folks who put this one together, was it?
    http://www.marginalrevolution.com/.a/6a00d8341c66b253ef0120a72ff131970b-pi

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  4. David G12:39 AM, December 11, 2009

    What percentage are homecoming queens?

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  5. Tom12:33 PM, December 11, 2009

    Norman linked to a graphic that shows Foxnews can screw up a report about a poll -- 35% say it's Very Likely and 59% say it's at least somewhat likely.

    Still, those are better numbers than I would have predicted. I'm happy to see evolution beat AGW; still sad that it couldn't get a majority.

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