[ori_b]

There's a reason that among Americans, telekinesis and creationism are more mainstream positions than sloptimism.

About 14% of Americans think AI is moving us towards a better world. About 17% are creationists. About 26% believe in Telekinesis.

[27183]

All of those beliefs seem approximately equally regressive? What percentage of people think there's something non-physical that actually exists? I'd put them in the same padded cell as the rest of those clowns.

[doodlebugging]

With all of that in mind I have to wonder whether there is overlap between these response groups and if so, how much. Could be zero to 100% without more information.

[ori_b]

Good question. How many people that you know are in all three groups?

[doodlebugging]

>About 14% of Americans think AI is moving us towards a better world. About 17% are creationists. About 26% believe in Telekinesis.

0 people that I know are in all three. Pretty confident about that.

For the any two of three cases where [A] includes creationists and those favorable to AI; [B] includes creationists and those who believe in telekinesis; [C] includes those favorable to AI and who believe in telekinesis.

[A] 0 ; [B] 0 ; [C] 0

Considering people that I know who could be part of one of the three groups now is an interesting question. I am pretty sure that two relatives are creationists based on interactions over the years. I haven't ever heard anyone I know talking about telekinesis so I probably have to say that this could be a non-zero number. If it is a non-zero number then [B] could end up being non-zero. AI is universally hated or even feared by those that I know who are being forced to use it or whose employer is adopting AI tools in their workplace.

So based on my own recollections I have to say that there are only 2 people that I know who belong to one of the three groups you identified. Interestingly enough, the children of those two creationists are not religious as adults. I think they had all they could stand growing up in that environment and as soon as they went to college they 'rebelled', leaving the parents disappointed that the kids didn't want to tote all that baggage in their own lives.

Sample size is small though since I don't know many people.