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Did they do a followup question to see what % think the sun revolves around the earth?

My aunt and uncle are as Fundy as they come and drive me up the wall. They have several books outlining the proof of such things as Creationism, the Flood etc. She was so proud that I was attending private school because we studied the book of Genesis in Biology (I never told her it was because the teacher wanted us to see for ourselves what a load of BS it was) One time I made the mistake of saying something to the effect of "the lizards ruled the world before us and the bugs will rule the world after us." This got a nasty look from my aunt and I responded that this was a "scientific theory" that I had "heard" (I, of course, being the saintly nephew who would never believe such rubbish) Her response was "Science! What a load of bunk!"

I so wanted to remind her that it was "science" that kept her husband alive after a stroke, and it was "science" that kept him walking around. But I held my tongue.

I find it interesting that the more intelligent and well-educated you are, you are more likely to believe in evolution, whereas ignorant people lacking education don't believe.

Shouldn't that tell us all we really need to know about the situation? Education is the silver bullet.