Are Americans Confident In Science?


by SavvyRoo on Jul 5, 2015 | Views: 181 | Score: 0
Created with Highcharts 4.2.3 /Highstock 4.2.3Smoking causes cancerA mental illness is amental condition thataffects the brainInside our cellsthere is a complexgenetic code thathelps determine whowe areOverusing antibioticscauses thedevelopment ofdrug-resistantbacteriaChildhood vaccinesare safe andeffectiveThe averagetemperature of theearth is rising,mostly because ofman-made heattrapping greenhousegases.Life on Earth,including humans,evolved through aprocess of naturalselectionThe Earth is 4.5billion years oldThe universe began13.8 billion yearsago with a big bang1/2% of Americans that areextremely/very confidentthe following are true...0102030405060708090
Smoking causes cancerA mental illness is a mental condition that affects the brainInside our cells there is a complex genetic code that helps determine who we areOverusing antibiotics causes the development of drug-resistant bacteriaChildhood vaccines are safe and effectiveThe average temperature of the earth is rising, mostly because of man-made heat trapping greenhouse gases.Life on Earth, including humans, evolved through a process of natural selectionThe Earth is 4.5 billion years oldThe universe began 13.8 billion years ago with a big bang
% of Americans that are extremely/very confident the following are true...827169655333312721
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SavvyRoo on Jul 5, 2015 7:11 AM said:

As a result of the complexities of our world, objective truth can be hard to find. Even when it comes to well established scientific principles, many Americans lack confidence that certain facts reflect reality. For example, despite all of the research to the affirmative, only a little more than one in two Americans are very confident in saying that vaccines are safe and effective.