Von Bismarck Posted February 15, 2014 #1 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Americans are enthusiastic about the promise of science but lack basic knowledge of it, with one in four unaware that the Earth revolves around the Sun, said a poll out Friday. The survey included more than 2,200 people in the United States and was conducted by the National Science Foundation. Ten questions about physical and biological science were on the quiz, and the average score—6.5 correct—was barely a passing grade. http://m.phys.org/news/2014-02-americans-unaware-earth-circles-sun.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted February 15, 2014 #2 Share Posted February 15, 2014 How very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan max2 Posted February 16, 2014 #3 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I feel like this is a B.S poll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted February 16, 2014 #4 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I feel like this is a B.S poll I so hope you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron_Lotus Posted February 16, 2014 #5 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted February 16, 2014 #6 Share Posted February 16, 2014 So more fodder for the argument "America is a Third World Nation with a nuclear arsenal" then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan max2 Posted February 16, 2014 #7 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) I so hope you're right. all im saying is I can ask all however hundred contacts on my phone if the earth revolves around the sun and they will all get it right. And im sure everyone on U.M could ask every contact in their phone. So idk if these people are just asking two year olds or what. I think these people just want to make it look like Americans are super under educated about science so that they can get more funding. From the super short article "The result of the survey, which is conducted every two years, will be included in a National Science Foundation report to President Barack Obama and US lawmakers. One in three respondents said science should get more funding from the government." Every two years when they do this report they always have statistics claiming that Americans don't know what anything science is. I have an insanely hard time believing this. I would have to try to find someone who gets that question wrong and I feel like most people would say the same Edited February 16, 2014 by spartan max2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DancingCorpse Posted February 16, 2014 #8 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Whatever the true statistics, it's still probably an abysmal turn out for not being interested in the reality of where we are and how our little sphere noodles its way about this bizarre backdrop. It's a sad state of affairs for humanity when a higher score would be collected if the question concerned this week's soap opera or reality tv buckaroo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolguy Posted February 16, 2014 #9 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I believe this, here where I live the local news asks people easy questions about Long Island and people don't have a clue lol. Lots of stupid people in the world lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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