[ExI] The Republican Party Isn't Really the Anti-Science Party

Max More max at maxmore.com
Tue Nov 12 21:00:45 UTC 2013


On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:45 PM, James Clement <clementlawyer at gmail.com>wrote:

> Well, with quotes like this: "Numerically speaking, according to Gallup,<http://www.gallup.com/poll/145286/four-americans-believe-strict-creationism.aspx> only
> a marginally higher percentage of Republicans *reject evolution
> completely* than do Democrats. Yes, an embarrassing *half of Republicans*believe the earth is only 10,000 years old—but so do more than *a
> third of Democrats*. And a slightly higher percentage of Democrats
> believe God was the guiding factor in evolution than Republicans," who
> cares whether one's talking about Democrats or Republicans, they both have
> far too many religious idiots!
>

Completely agreed, of course. But note that the article was not titled "The
Republics Aren't Really Anti-Science". Instead the title and article helped
correct the idea that all the problem lies in that party. Even some people
on this list seem to have bought into that claim. Yes, it's appalling how
scientifically ignorant (willfully or not) the majority of people in both
major parties are.

--Max


>
>
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Max More <max at maxmore.com> wrote:
>
>> A bit of balance:
>>
>>
>> http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/11/the-republican-party-isnt-really-the-anti-science-party/281219/
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