Kim writes:

> hmmmm I see nothing amiss here.....
>
>  remember more people believe the "creation" view of life, than the
>  "evolution' view.  This per the San Jose newspaper.....

It's important to understand that coming to a proper representation of the
way the world works has never been a matter of public opinion or democratic
voting. In a trial to determine the level of scientific education in the
general populace, a few years ago the Annenberg/CPB project interviewed 23
randomly selected graduates, alumni and faculty at a Harvard graduation
ceremony.

Twenty-one of the 23 people interviewed completely misrepresented the correct
answer to two simple astronomy questions: why does the moon have phases? and
why does it get colder in the winter?, while several of them boasted about
the extent of their science education. Most said that the earth got colder in
the winter because it moved away from the sun.

Presumably these are among the best educated people in the United States.
Given these numbers, you can hardly imagine that most people would not
believe in special creation, ufo's, and witchcraft -- or any other odd thing
that they were told as a child.

Wirt Atmar

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