Neil deGrasse Tyson says that this video might just be the most important thing he has ever said. That’s quite a statement considering his long, illustrious career as an American astrophysicist.
Often people aren’t comfortable with science and new ideas. Some folks are still denying many components of evolution. Parents are still attempting to dictate what is taught in science class across the nation.
Are science and religion at odds with each other? A majority of the public says science and religion often conflict, with nearly six-in-ten adults (59%) expressing this view in newly released findings from a Pew Research Center survey. The share of the public saying science and religion are often in conflict is up modestly from 55% in 2009, when Pew Research conducted a similar survey on religion and science.
People’s sense that there generally is a conflict between religion and science seems to have less to do with their own religious beliefs than it does with their perceptions of other people’s beliefs. Less than one-third of Americans polled in the new survey (30%) say their personal religious beliefs conflict with science, while fully two-thirds (68%) say there is no conflict between their own beliefs and science.
