The less intelligent more likely to accept astrology as
scientific  By Razib Khan | August 26, 2011 1:00 am  Over at
Culture of Science Sheril Kirshenbaum posts a figure from the
NSF displaying what proportion of those without high school
educations and those with college educations accept the
scientific status of astrology. It’s pretty clear to me that
this is the ASTROSCI variable from the General Social Survey. It
asks:   It’s also nice that this question was only asked in the
latter half of the 2000s. So it’s timely in terms of demographic
breakdowns. Speaking of which, here are a whole host of classes
and their attitudes toward astrology’s scientific status:  Very
scientific Sort of scientific Not at all scientific Male 5 26 69
Female 5 30 65 Age 18-34 8 34 58 Age 35-64 4 26 70 Age 65- 4 24
72 White 4 25 72 Black 11 38 51 Hispanic 8 40 51 Extreme liberal
7 31 62 Liberal 5 30 65 Slightly iberal 4 28 68 Moderate 5 34 61
Slightly conservative 5 25 70 Conservative 6 19 75 Extreme
conservative 6 18 76 No high