Lest any Europeans get too smug too quickly, there are global survies of scientific literacy. Aside from evolution (which the USA gets a lower score than Europe

Lest any Europeans get too smug too quickly, there are global survies of scientific literacy. Aside from evolution (which the USA gets a lower score than Europe), Europeans can be just as dumb as Americans. The survey asked: "True or False: Ordinary tomatoes do not contain genes, while genetically modified tomatoes do" US: 47% correct, Europe: 41% http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind12/c7/tt07-09.htm http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind12/c7/tt07-09.htm