Cultural barriers to understanding evolution
Cultural barriers to understanding evolution1- Ethnocentrism - raised in a culture which rejected evolution
2- Associate with those who reject evolution
3- Limited understanding of physics, chemistry and biology
4- Uncomfortable with orders of magnitude
5- Uncomfortable with deep time
6- Uncomfortable with probability
7- Difficulty distinguishing science from apologetics
8- Limited perspective on biological diversity
9- Overly concrete in outlook
10- Overreliance on common sense
11- Excessive need for closure
12- Preference for narrative explanations
13- Teleological thinking
14- Essentialism (An aspect of common sense)
15- Weak analytical thinking