I read the drepessing statistic today that only 58% of people across Canada will support the notion of evolution. Actually, it’s 58% more or less consistently across Canada, except in Alberta, our little bit of Jesusland here in the heart of Canada, where the number is 38%. (Note: it’s not an accident that our current minority government of Bush/Cheney style neoconservatives is based in, and draws substantial support from, Alberta.)
Here’s some of the report:
Overall, 58 per cent of Canadians say they are believers in evolution. By region, the numbers are more or less in keeping with the national average.
However, there’s one notable exception in this poll: Alberta.
A shockingly low 37 per cent of Albertans supported the position that humans beings evolved from less advanced life forms over millions of years. An even greater number of Albertans — 40 percent — agreed that humans were created by God within the last 10,000 years.
The 58% is depressing enough to me, without thinking about Alberta. Who are the 42% the don’t buy evolution, and how is it that my life never intersects with theirs. Is this something like Schroeder‘s Lady of Mazes where our world views are just so disparate that we can’t even acknowledge each other’s existence? Or ar they just not in any of the orbits that I move in and vice versa?
Even more depressing, the article reveals the existence of a “creation museum” in Canada. Sigh. Not only is that just unacceptable, but it also means I have to stop picking on Kentucky.
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