Knowledge, Belief and Evolution

A recent study of Koreans in training to become science teachers showed no correlation between the amount they knew about biology and their acceptance of evolutionary theory. Those who know more facts are not more likely to accept evolution. Instead, the researchers found that people go with their intuition or "gut feeling" about whether evolution is true.

Obviously there is some relationship between data and belief in the brains of our strange species, but that relationship is not a simple one, and people who parcel out their beliefs strictly according to the evidence are very rare.