So much for the smug sense of cultural superiority...

[6__stringninja]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4648598.stm

Bah. Stupid Brits.

Comments

[shaunotd]

But then, does this *really* lower your opinion of the 'Great' british public that much, given Celebrity Big Brother, X Factor, Mr. Blobby etc...

[6__stringninja]

No, I suppose not, but I'd always thought we were a better class of stupid.

[deejake]

I agree. I thought we were a better class of stupid too. At least most of us Brits accept that the Earth orbits the Sun.

I must admit I am suspicious of these results.

[shaunotd]

I'm not the slightest bit suspicious.

BTW - The earth is flat As Any Fule Kno

[anatosuchus]

Someone boil these morons!

It's like a plague of "thick" sweeping he nation. It's time to leave the country planet.

Still, I think I'll watch that program tonight.

[shaunotd]

Excellent - I'll seem like a genius in comparison...

[shaunotd]

Participants over 55 were more likely to choose evolution over other groups, while those under 25 were most likely to opt for intelligent design

This, to me, suggest that something has been going badly wrong with science education over the last few decades...

[georgeian]

Are you surprised by this?
I wasn't aware that there was much science education going on. This idea seems to be supported by the number of universities that are closing physics and chemistry departments.

[shaunotd]

...and the oversubscription to biological science degrees, which are seen as an easy option...poor, innocent fools...

No, I'm not the slightest bit surprised. I had to show one of my GCSE biology teachers a photo of a snake's skeleton before she'd believe they were vertebrates...

[deejake]

That is really bad news. The fact that some (all?) species of snakes have vestigial limb buds might, one would hope, suggest that snakes are indeed vertebrates. I suppose he thought they were a type of worm.