Highly religious Americans more skeptical of human enhancements such as brain implants, gene editing
Many Americans who are highly religious and identify with certain Christian traditions express discomfort with human enhancement.
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Acknowledgments
This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Laura Silver, Senior ResearcherMoira Fagan, Research Associate Dorene Asare-Marfo, Panel ManagerAlexandra Castillo, Research MethodologistJanakee Chavda, Editorial AssistantLaura Clancy, Research AssistantAidan Connaughton, Research AssistantAlan Cooperman, Director, Religion ResearchJanell Fetterolf, Senior ResearcherShannon Greenwood, Digital ProducerSneha Gubbala, Research Assistant Christine Huang, Research […]
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5. Values and expectations of government
There has been little recent change in the public’s views of whether government generally should do more to solve problems, or whether it is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals. Currently, a majority of adults (53%) say that the government should do more to solve problems; a nearly identical share said […]
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Patricia Tevington
Patricia Tevington is a Research Associate on Pew Research Center’s Religion and Public Life research team where she is an expert on conducting surveys examining American religion with a focus on Christianity, spirituality and the religiously unaffiliated. She has worked on several surveys exploring U.S. Catholics and their views toward Pope Francis, religiously unaffiliated Americans, Americans’ views of religious groups, […]
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2. Views of social media and its impacts on society
When asked whether social media is a good or bad thing for democracy in their country, a median of 57% across 19 countries say that it is a good thing. In almost every country, close to half or more say this, with the sentiment most common in Singapore, where roughly three-quarters believe social media is […]
