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.



5 comments:

gene mauch said...

I believe in angels.

Also twins, expos, and phillies.

Beginning to entertain doubts about agw, though.

br said...

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.

Norman said...

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

David G said...

What percentage are homecoming queens?

Tom said...

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.