Study shows 18% of Americans make baseless decisions

There's a lot of buzz going around that 18% of people think Obama is a Muslim. Could it be that he celebrated Ramadan at the White House? Because so did President Bush. Or his opinions on the Ground Zero mosque? Because that means the 26% of Americans who are okay with the mosque are also Muslim. No, no, it's because at least 18% of Americans are categorically crazy.

Let's do the numbers:

• 18% of Americans believe Obama is a Muslim, up from 11% a year ago. 43% are unsure what religion he is.
  
• 24% of Americans believe in witches.
• 29% believe in Astrology.
• 34% of Americans believe in UFOs.
• 92% believe in God, but only 71% believe in the Devil. (4% on average are unsure whether either exists)

(Source: FOX News poll)

That means by a ratio of 10 to 1, more people are unsure about Obama's religious preferences than they are about the existence of a Supreme being (god) and his/her antithesis (devil). It may be that people have spent more time contemplating god than what Obama does on a Sunday morning.

But the other numbers there are hard to refute. 24% of Americans believe in witches. Let me say that again. 24% of AMERICANS BELIEVE IN WITCHES. Really America? REALLY? 29% believe in Astrology. That's almost ONE THIRD of Americans who open up the paper, check out whether Sagittarius is ascendant, and plan their days accordingly.

Thank god only 18% of Americans think Obama is a Muslim, despite him saying time and time and time and time again that he isn't. Because on average it's looking like a slightly higher number--1 in 4--believe in things that aren't verifiable in the least (UFOs), or have been completely refuted (witches). Surely, facts aren't so important for 25% of Americans when making decisions.

But don't worry, America, we're not alone. While 6% of hardcore Americans believe the moon landing was fake, 25% of readers to a British Science and Technology magazine responded to a poll saying they believed no humans had landed on the moon (CNN poll). So Britain, it seems, might also be one part nuts, three parts normal.

You can watch Buzz Aldrin punch one of these conspiracy theorists below.