On Jul 2, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Nathan J. Yoder wrote:
Most? I would say that the creationists are a significant minority; I don't believe that they're a majority, at least not yet.
About 40% believe it, but the opinion of the general population isn't relevent when it comes to scientific matters--it's the opinion of the relevent parts of the scientific community that matter.
I should also note I love timwi's qualifier of "most" which isn't based on actual statistics and is just a blatant attempt at America bashing deeply hurts my feelings (see Wikipedia:No personal attacks).
Don't worry - your attempt at bitchy rules lawyering makes me want to go read your contributions recently for the barest hint of a personal attack so I can ban you. (see Wikipedia:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point).
-Snowspinner