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.”

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Aka a staggering number of people are stupid, or at least undereducated.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

a staggering number of people are also unhealthy and unfit.

because becoming educated, health, and fit, requires lots of leisure time and resources.