Table 1 Summary classification of “proximate/primary” causes of non-acceptance of evolution
From: Why Don’t People Think Evolution Is True? Implications for Teaching, In and Out of the Classroom
Scientific causes | |
Insufficient knowledge of empirical evidence | |
Insufficient knowledge/misunderstanding of evolutionary theory | |
Insufficient knowledge/misunderstanding of the nature of science | |
Affective causes | |
Religious obstacles | |
Psychological obstacles | |
Counter-empirical | |
Biases in how we see the world | |
Logical thinking | |
Political/social obstacles |