I was watching a creation "science" seminar, and "Dr." Kent Hovind claimed that only 55% of scientists believed in Darwinian evolution. I normally doubt Kent Hovind and his statistics, but this made me wonder what the exact statistics were. So, what percentage of scientists believe in evolution?
2006-11-18 13:29:21 · 11 answers · asked by Nowhere Man 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I think he was referring to DOCTORS.
As for scientists, it's more like 95%. Tellingly, there are only a handful of biologists in the world that don't "believe" in evolution.
See Project Steve--the National Center for Science Education has gotten 769 (and counting) scientists NAMED STEVE who believe in evolution to sign. The pathetic Discovery Institute only has 609 people in TOTAL who don't believe.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/steve
2006-11-18 13:32:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
"Dr." Kent Hovind is good at rhetoric. Some Dude's number, 95% is right. A November 1997 Gallup survey of scientists found 5% of scientists believe in Creationism, 40% believe in Theistic Evolution, and 55% believe in Naturalistic Evolution. Remember, Kent Hovind lives for deceit and facts mean nothing to him if he cannot distort them.
2006-11-18 15:08:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I'm also thinking the percentage of scientists who accept some form of evolution is in the mid to upper 90s. In fact, here's some survey data:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_publi.htm
Apparently, in a 1997 Gallup poll, 95% of scientists said they believed that humans developed over millions of years. HOWEVER, 40% said they believed that God guided the process, which is very interesting.
There were also some fascinating survey results in a 1998 article published in The Scientist magazine:
http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/8668/
Anyway, in regards to the seminar you mention, if you read the small print of Hovind's survey, the question asked was, "Do you accept Darwin's theory of evolution?" The fact is, there are many evolutionary biologists who don't accept Darwin's theory, but still believe in evolution. In other words, Hovind was playing games with the wording of the survey.
Good question. I'd like to see some formal surveys on this.
2006-11-18 13:38:03 · answer #3 · answered by Brad 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Hard to believe that a neuroscience PhD candidate cannot spell sense, science or several other common words. If we have genes in common with other living things, does it not follow that there WAS at some point a common ancestor? Evolution is "dressed up with big words"? Non-random selection is not hard to understand, even for a soft sciences major. Adaptation occurs over thousands of generations, and does not magically occur in one or two. That's evolution. And if you truly doubt evolution, you should really talk to an epidemiologist as soon as possible.
2015-02-13 14:49:10 · answer #4 · answered by JAI F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-29 06:31:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you give that mans statistics a moments consideration? You put his "Dr." in quotation marks. The percentage may not be exact, but be sure that it is overwhelming.
2006-11-18 13:50:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
99.85% of physical scientists ACCEPT (not believe in, evolution. It's not a faith.
2014-01-24 16:46:43 · answer #7 · answered by Trent Garrison - Geologist 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm doing my PhD in a neuroscience topic, and I dont. Evolution is dressed up with big words. When you dress it down and think about its not real. Dont get me wrong i beleive in adaptation!
If a species cant survive it would just die. Look at all the animals dying out, why dont they just evolve, even the slightest. In genetic terms, to me evolution makes no sence! We share genes with flies, very important genes! We could not have ancestory in comon.! You cannot change one single gene without it being detremental. In terms of probability its not likely. I beleive in creation. Actually I am muslim (convert) and it was the scince in the Quran which initially attracted me to Islam. Actully the big bang is described with the expanding universe in the Quran as is the growth of feutus in stages...and many more.
Science and religion go hand in hand. The more we discover as scientists always increases my faith...
2006-11-19 04:22:45 · answer #8 · answered by Sara N 2 · 1⤊ 12⤋
I don't believe in evolution, but I know that many scientists believe in evolution. Sorry that I can't be of much help to you. :(
Good luck with finding your answer. Maybe I'll try to find out a percentage and get back to you in the near future, if I do find one.
ANON
2006-11-18 13:32:54 · answer #9 · answered by ANON 1 · 0⤊ 11⤋
As if all the world scientists view Q&A!
So how can you get an acurate answer?
2006-11-18 13:33:24 · answer #10 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 0⤊ 9⤋