I didn’t do or read of any surveys, but based on the discussions and questions, I brought back the following impressions from the Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
The focus on the meeting was “Science, Skepticism and Critical Thinking”. Many different topics were discussed, but the beliefs of the participants probably roughly went this way, from fewest people believing to most people believing:<\/p>\n
Probably less than 1% believe in:<\/strong> Maybe 5% or less believe in:<\/strong> Maybe 10% believe in:<\/strong> Maybe 50% believe:<\/strong> Maybe 80% believe:<\/strong> Maybe 90% believe:<\/strong> Maybe 95% believe:<\/strong> These numbers reflect what I believe too, roughly in order of probability.<\/p>\n What superstitions or valid beliefs did I leave out? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I didn’t do or read of any surveys, but based on the discussions and questions, I brought back the following impressions from the Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas. The focus on the meeting was “Science, Skepticism and Critical Thinking”. Many different topics were discussed, but the beliefs of the participants probably roughly went this way, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daryllafferty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daryllafferty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daryllafferty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daryllafferty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daryllafferty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/daryllafferty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daryllafferty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daryllafferty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daryllafferty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTalking with the dead
\nFairies, gnomes, trolls, etc.
\nMoving objects with your mind
\nMind readers
\nPower bands (bands worn on the wrist that increase your strength)
\nGhosts
\nBigfoot, Loch Ness monster
\nThe moon landing was faked
\nObama is a Muslim
\n9\/11 was an inside conspiracy (i.e. Bush, Cheney or Jews, etc.)<\/p>\n
\nHomeopathic medicine
\nAliens visiting the earth (might belong in the 1% category)
\nCreationism
\nVaccines may cause autism<\/p>\n
\nAcupuncture
\nChiropractic medicine can work for other than bones and joints
\nIntelligent life probably exists somewhere else in the universe
\nGod or Gods
\nPeople possess a soul, something other than the physical body<\/p>\n
\nChiropractic medicine can work for bones and joints
\nLife probably exists somewhere else in the universe
\nScience can help make moral decisions about right and wrong<\/p>\n
\nHumans caused global warming
\nAll mind and mental activity is completely based on brain function<\/p>\n
\nGlobal warming is real, whether caused by humans or not
\nScience can help determine what is true<\/p>\n
\nLife evolved on earth by natural selection
\nIf a God exists, it doesn’t interfere with the world. Everything happens by natural causes.
\nScience is the best way to determine what is true<\/p>\n