The result “blows the lid off of this idea” that such beliefs are held by only a fringe population of individuals who are uninformed or ideologically driven, says David Bersoff, head of research at the Edelman Trust Institute. “This is not like a small problematic group.”
Here’s some interesting tables from the report:
edit: Interesting how much more accepted it seems to be to answer “I don’t know” in Japan compared to other countries.
american culture punishes humility. it’s a culture that rewards arrogance.
and we love bullshit. american culture is amazing at producing bullshit and selling it.
I’m shocked by how well the US does compared to other countries. I would have thought that it is very easy to be a conspiracy theorist when your country has death panels in the form of health insurance companies denying treatments.