My kind....I think you better do some reading like another Freeper suggested. Burying your head in the sand is only good for ostriches...so they say.
How sad is the state of science in America? Look at some of the results of the National Science Foundation's survey of 1,574 adults and recent (2002) report "Science & Engineering Indicators" [1], then judge for yourself.
* 70% of American adults do not understand the scientific process;
* Double digit percentage gains in belief of haunted houses, ghosts, communication with the dead, and witches in the past decade;
* U.S. depends heavily on foreign born scientists at all degree levels, as high as 45% in engineering;
* Belief in pseudoscience is relatively widespread and growing;
* 60% believe some people posses psychic powers or extrasensory perception (ESP);
* 30% believe some reported objects in the sky are really space vehicles from other civilizations;
* 30% read astrology charts at least occasionally in the newspaper;
* 46% did not know how long it takes the Earth to orbit the sun (1 year);
* 45% thought lasers work by focusing sound waves (they focus light);
* 49% believe antibiotics kill viruses (they kill bacteria);
* 66% don't believe the Big Bang theory widely accepted by scientists;
* 48% believe humans lived at the same time as the dinosaurs;
* 47% don't believe in evolution which is widely accepted by scientists;
* 55% couldn't define DNA;
* 78% couldn't define a molecule;
* 32% believe in 'Lucky Numbers'.
Source:
HERE.