It was just a few months ago, [url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/14/277058739/1-in-4-americans-think-the-sun-goes-around-the-earth-survey-says]we realized more than 1 in 4 Americans believe the sun revolves around the Earth[/url]. But before you dismiss us as idiots, there is a new survey we did much better on. Only 4 in 100 believe that smoking is not linked in any way to cancer. Only 6 in 100 doubt that mental illness is a brain disorder. Only 40% completely reject the notion that the Earth is getting warmer. That same 40% reject that species evolve or that the age of the Earth is measured in billions. That means that 60% either agree or are unsure that evolution exists. Sure, that may seem somewhat depressing, but according to my American education, I'm guessing that 60% is something like 9 out of every 10 people that do not strongly agree with a young Earth. [quote]Marsha Brooks, a 59-year-old nanny who lives in Washington, D.C., said she's certain smoking causes cancer because she saw her mother, aunts and uncles, all smokers, die of cancer. But when it comes to the universe beginning with a Big Bang or the Earth being about 4.5 billion years old, she has doubts. She explained: "It could be a lack of knowledge. It seems so far" away.[/quote] [quote]Jorge Delarosa, a 39-year-old architect from Bridgewater, N.J., pointed to a warm 2012 without a winter and said, "I feel the change. There must be a reason." But when it came to Earth's beginnings 4.5 billion years ago, he has doubts simply because "I wasn't there."[/quote] Can't beat logic like that. If a tree falls in the woods and an American wasn't around to hear it, did it make a sound? Absolutely NOT! Use this time to reflect on how awsum and smart we all is hear in USA.