But this new study, which surveyed 1,000 likely U.S. voters, gives new hope that maybe Americans are getting better at reconciling faith and science.

I never put too much faith in surveys, no matter what side they lean to, but am I the only one who thinks that 1,000 people is just a little low for a survey? Also, they said that they surveyed people who were "likely to vote". I wonder if they made sure they covered a broad range of people, and not just a certain group...

When it came to questions on who should teach science to the public, 88 percent said they want to learn science from a scientist, and specifically, 77 percent want to hear about evolution, crea...

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But this new study, which surveyed 1,000 likely U.S. voters, gives new hope that maybe Americans are getting better at reconciling faith and science.

I never put too much faith in surveys, no matter what side they lean to, but am I the only one who thinks that 1,000 people is just a little low for a survey? Also, they said that they surveyed people who were "likely to vote". I wonder if they made sure they covered a broad range of people, and not just a certain group...

When it came to questions on who should teach science to the public, 88 percent said they want to learn science from a scientist, and specifically, 77 percent want to hear about evolution, creationism and intelligent design from a scientist.

What kind of question is "Do you think the public should learn science from a scientist"?? I'm finding this survey to be highly manipulative, but maybe that's just my opinion. Still, 77% said they favored objectivity, that at least is some good news.

I'm afraid I still think that's a scary level of ignorance

Ignorance? How about difference in belief? And what on earth is scary about that?? How is other people believing the Biblical account of our origins scary to you? I really don't understand why people can't just leave each other alone, but I guess if they could this world wouldn't be the screwed up hell hole it's been for time imnumerable.

Whenever someone doesn't like the results of a study, they always use that as an excuse to display their ignorance of statistics.

1,000 people isn't "too low." Let's say I had a bag full of red marbles and blue marbles. If I reach into the bag without looking, how many marbles would I have to pull out before I knew I had a pair? The answer is three. It doesn't make any difference whether there are ten marbles in the bag or a billion.

This is exactly the same sort of sampling that corporations use to track marketing. They don't do that because statistical surveys don't work. They do that because of their accuracy. And they spend millions in market research -- they don't do that because they...

Whenever someone doesn't like the results of a study, they always use that as an excuse to display their ignorance of statistics.

1,000 people isn't "too low." Let's say I had a bag full of red marbles and blue marbles. If I reach into the bag without looking, how many marbles would I have to pull out before I knew I had a pair? The answer is three. It doesn't make any difference whether there are ten marbles in the bag or a billion.

This is exactly the same sort of sampling that corporations use to track marketing. They don't do that because statistical surveys don't work. They do that because of their accuracy. And they spend millions in market research -- they don't do that because they hate money.

Of course, to get that you'd have to have some sort of familiarity with logic -- i.e., scientific literacy. So I suppose it shouldn't be any surprise that flatearthers don't get it.