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MineralMan

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7. It just goes to show you that
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 08:50 PM
Mar 2012

a college degree is no guarantee of the ability to think critically. It is very interesting to note that not one instance has anything near a majority who believe. Loch Ness Monster belief appears to be the one with the most graduate believers. That's due to the limited plausibility of some large animal still living, but in very small numbers. That's something a rational person might believe, although I do not.

However, the rest are all so small a percentage that they may safely be discounted.

Now, if you look at the percentage that believe in some sort of supernatural deity, the numbers will be much higher in both groups. That sort of mythical creature enjoys a certain popularity among many groups of people, educated and less so alike.

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