The poll found that 25% of Britons believe Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is "definitely true", with another quarter saying it is "probably true". Half of the 2,060 people questioned were either strongly opposed to the theory or confused about it.
The Rescuing Darwin survey, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, found that around 10% of people chose young Earth creationism – the belief that God created the world some time in the last 10,000 years – over evolution.
About 12% preferred intelligent design, the idea that evolution alone is not enough to explain the structures of living organisms. The remainder were unsure, often mixing evolution, intelligent design and creationism together.
The telegraph reported that 51% agreed with the statement "evolution alone is not enough to explain the complex structures of some living things, so the intervention of a designer is needed at key stages" and "A further 40 per cent disagreed, while the rest said they did not know."
ReplyDeleteGiven that description of the question at hand, I can understand why people may have answered the way that they did. So... it wasn't just a yes or no to a question about whether or not they believe evolution occurs, but rather if they thought it was solely responsible for all existence.
This is depressing. They're almost as dumb as we are.
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