[csense]

The less educated someone is the more likely they are to be a creationist.

Considering all the social and economic problems, many of which are rooted in science, that have been foisted on us by the so called educated, you've got a lot of nerve to sit there smugly and imply that we're the dumb ones. You really are one arrogant SOB...

[allmendream]

Please expound upon these social and economic problems that are rooted in science.

Here I thought science helped to save lives, stimulate the economy, and dramatically improve standards of living.

Please bring your uneducated and proud of it social and economic analysis to this “problem” of scientific knowledge.

[aruanan]

The less educated someone is the more likely they are to be a creationist.

And to have a poor command of English grammar.

[aruanan]

The less educated someone is the more likely they are to be a creationist.

As a corollary, the more highly educated and "intelligent" a person is, the more likely he is to be taken in by folks like Uri Geller passing off legerdemain as psi power. According to James Randi, it has something to do with sophisticated intellectual structures that restrict their perception in ways so predictable that magicians can use their perceptual lacunae to run an elephant past their noses and they won't even see it.