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Research on perceptions of science among the American public concludes that most religious groups see no general epistemological conflict with science, and that they have no differences with nonreligious groups in propensity to seek out scientific knowledge, although there may be epistemic or moral conflicts when scientists make counterclaims to religious tenets.<ref name="epistemic moral conflict">{{cite journal|last=Evans|first=John|title=Epistemological and Moral Conflict Between Religion and Science|journal=Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion|year=2011|volume=50|issue=4|pages=707–727|doi=10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01603.x}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Baker|first=Joseph O.|journal=Public Understanding of Science|title=Public Perceptions of Incompatibility Between "Science and Religion"|year=2012|volume=21|issue=3|pages=340–353|doi=10.1177/0963662511434908}}</ref> The [[Pew Center]] made similar findings and also noted that the majority of Americans (80–90%) strongly support scientific research, agree that science makes society and individual's lives better, and 8 in 10 Americans would be happy if their children were to become scientists.<ref name="Pew Public Understanding">{{cite web|title=Religious Belief and Public Attitudes About Science in the US|url=http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/667.pdf|publisher=Pew Research Center|author1=Scott Keeter |author2=Gregory Smith |author3=David Masci |pages=1–2, 13}}</ref> Even strict creationists tend to express very favorable views towards science.<ref name="global public science">{{cite book|last=Keeter|first=Scott|title=The Culture of science: How the Public Relates to Science Across the Globe|year=2011|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|isbn=978-0415873697|author2=Smith, Gregory |author3=Masci, David |page=336,345–346|chapter=Religious Belief and Attitudes about Science in the United States|quote=The United States is perhaps the most religious out of the advanced industrial democracies." ; "In fact, large majorities of the traditionally religious American nevertheless hold very positive views of science and scientists. Even people who accept a strict creationist view, regarding the origins of life are mostly favorable towards science." ; "According to the National Science Foundation, public attitudes about science are more favorable in the United States than in Europe, Russia, and Japan, despite great differences across these cultures in level of religiosity (National Science Foundation, 2008).}}</ref> A study of US college students concluded that the majority of undergraduates in both the natural and social sciences do not see conflict between science and religion. Another finding in the study was that it is more likely for students to move from a conflict perspective to an independence or collaboration perspective than vice versa.<ref name=scheitle11>{{cite journal |author=Christopher P. Scheitle |year=2011 |title=U.S. College students' perception of religion and science: Conflict, collaboration, or independence? A research note |journal=[[Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion]] |publisher= Blackwell |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=175–186 |url= |doi=10.1111/j.1468-5906.2010.01558.x |issn=1468-5906}}</ref>

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