Living on Earth I: Evolution & Extinction Presented by Dr. Richard Alley
Student Survey: Section 1 Survey given to two sections (1 & 2). Some questions forced agree/disagree; others allowed uncertainty.“Well-understood biological processes caused evolution of modern humans from an ancestral population of ape-like creatures that is also ancestral to modern chimpanzees.”Section 1 survey results: - 65% Agree. 35% Disagree.
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- 37% Agree. 18% Disagree. 45% Unsure. Allowing uncertainty really changes answers.
Student Survey: Section 2 “Biologists who improve crops to feed us or cure our diseases are efficient and useful, but when those same biologists or their classmates study changes in gene frequencies over time, those biologists are almost all completely confused and wrong about almost everything or else they are evil liars.”Section 2 survey results: - 11% Agree. 89% Disagree. (Can “load” question to increase “pro-evolution” from 65% to 89%--could load it to increase “anti-evolution”, too.)
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- 7% Agree. 71% Disagree. 22% Unsure.
Student Survey: Section 1 “The second law of thermodynamics forbids evolution as proposed by Darwin and followers.”Section 1 Survey Results- 31% Agree. 69% Disagree.
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- 12% Agree. 22% Disagree. 66% Unsure.
- (Much uncertainty here.)
Student Survey: Section 2 “The law of conservation of information forbids evolution as proposed by Darwin and followers.”Section 2 survey results:- 33% Agree. 67% Disagree.
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- 9% Agree. 35% Disagree. 56% Unsure.
- (Still great uncertainty here.)
Student Survey: Section 1 “The complexity of living organisms demonstrates that an intelligent designer was involved.”Section 1 survey results:- 61% Agree. 39% Disagree.
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- 42% Agree. 31% Disagree. 27% Unsure.
Student Survey: Section 2 “The complexity of living organisms demonstrates that an intelligent designer, such as a space alien, the flying spaghetti monster, or the deity or deities of some religion or religions, was involved.”Section 2 survey results:- 48% Agree. 52% Disagree.
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- 35% Agree. 42% Disagree. 23% Unsure.
- (Listing possible designers in this fashion reduces intelligent-designer support from 61% to 48%, or 42% to 35%.)
The way the question is asked makes a huge difference to the answers obtained;
Hence, it is likely that most polls fail to really find out what people think about the issues; Hence, you might be skeptical of those using poll results to advance their position; Still a bit of uncertainty on some technical issues.
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