Scientist Survey

[Not A Communist Shill]

http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1549

[force my hand]

Great link!

The most interesting stats to me:

-87% of scientists vs 32% of the public accept evolution by natural selection
-8% of scientists vs 22% of the public accept evolution by a supreme being

Obvious question: with 95% (edit: another stat says 97%) of scientists accepting evolution, where do creationists get off saying scientists are divided? That's definitely a false claim, with only ignorance stopping it from being an outright lie.

I'm curious how the percentages would change if medical scientists were excluded from the mix. Additionally, I wonder if the reason chemists have the highest belief in God (41%) is because there was an engineering influence in the survey (engineers typically are more theistic/religious).

Not surprised that geoscientists and physicists expressed the highest disbelief (47% and 46%, respectively). Not only are those fields attractive to non-theists, none of the material is especially God-friendly.

(The climate change stats are also interesting, but I'm out for now.)

[Jarno]

You have scientists, and you have dumb people.

[Absurd]

You have scientists, and you have dumb people.

You have two types of people - those who categorise people into two categories and those who don't.

You get my drift ?

[Aiss]

Did you just self-categorize with Jarno?

[Absurd]

Did you just self-categorize with Jarno?

How so ?

On second thought, I don't have to feel concerned, do I ?