that advanced the country. There are an awful lot of really stupid Americans.

Remember that religious faith is nothing more or less than a promise to continually support a narrative despite what any evidence might suggest.

The republicans "love the poorly educated" as Trump so famously said during his campaign. These are people who don't understand the cause and effect of good governance, who don't have the tools to think critically before they vote and have no comprehension of the Constitution and civil liberties (other than their right to own a gun).

No wonder they don't understand man made climate change and believe in "intelligent design."

Through supporting faith-based education and making it nearly impossible for ordinary folks to afford a college education (not that that's a requirement for critical thinking, but it's one big way that people can raise themselves up out of poverty).

the link at Time didn't work for me

Only 48% of people in the US believe that humans developed from earlier species of animals, compared to 70% of people in Europe & 76% in Japan. The committee that regulates the Texas school books contribute to that one.

And the blood-type-controls-every-aspect-of-your-personality crap.

Surely there is some cross-over.

Sigh...