i don't know how to measure whether or not the united states is more anti scientific than other countries. i think it comes from a lot of different places, and that's why there might be some american exceptionalism here. A large number of people have cultural issues at work, in particular, resentment issues. I'm sure that for some people who were on the creationist side, they really just looked at the evidence and came down on that side. And so again, to be very simplistic about it, and i would like to see data, hear too, and so you're welcome to check me,. but my feeling is that a sub populations of people in the united states tend to
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