Crazy On Tap - USAians dumb. Again.

Crazy On Tap - USAians dumb. Again.: "Japanese believe in ghosts. And racial superiority, the sacredness of rice, and the ugliness of weightlifting.

I'd be curious if instead of fixing a specific belief, there was a study that went longitudinal across many, many beliefs.

Beliefs in elves among Icelanders, witches among French, ghosts among Japanese and British. Etc.

Are there societies which believe less (in general, not on one specific thing) than others? Russia perhaps. The last major thing they believed in (Communism) turned out to be such a dud, that they're skeptical through and through.

'Nihilism' is what Turgenov called it in 'Fathers and Sons'. (Then it was the dismantling of the feudal system before a new one found its place.)

Of course, throw in the Russia numbers for homocide and health care rates, and as Marcos points out, this study's conclusion won't float.

Like shirts/skins in pick-up basketball game, I personally think creationism is just something mid-Westerners use to differentiate themselves from their coastal opponents."