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Can't link to the story as you need to log in, but its there in black and white. Science disregarded this in the 16th-17th century.
Not my words, the words of the New York Times.
Funny little things, aint they?
Can't link to the story as you need to log in, but its there in black and white. Science disregarded this in the 16th-17th century.
Last edited by Stewart; 03-01-2008 at 04:39 PM.
if the link is to anything without a <TITLE>, it won't show on the forum
some links will copy in expecting you to name it between two square brackets like so, ] .. [ (the dots won't be there though) sort of like posting a link from scan and it always says the same thing unless you change it.
i'm a link from scan, i'm a link from scan
Silly silly Americans. I'm sure those who actually went to school are fine
Last edited by staffsMike; 03-01-2008 at 04:43 PM.
Try this!
< url="link here " >Description here < url >
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/30/sc...30profile.html
hai guys im on the internets
VodkaOriginally Posted by Ephesians
it's an auth thing. hmm, tricky.
I wonder what conclusions a similar survey of the UK, or Europe as a whole, would reach?
probably that the sun orbits the moon..
I seriously don't think this is a problem exclusive to the USA, to be honest (although the greater cultural importance on Christianity in many states compared to europe cannot help). The very language we use talks about sunrise and sunset, reinforcing the idea that the earth is at the centre. It is also an area which is typically taught as being something we should take on faith. This isn't too surprising, as the full explanation of how our current model came to be is not the simplest of things, either.
Not surprised by that stat personally, I know someone in real life who is off this opinion, apparently god makes it seem like the sun goes the earth to trick us.
Much like he placed dinosaur bones in the ground to test us... apparently.
..and the other 4 probably believe man and dinosaurs co-existed.
I'd be interested to hear what the European survey would find too!
1 in 7 Americans refuse to take part in surveys.
Of course, it has to be noted that 50% of the population is of below average intelligence
That's what I was thinking. Probably 1 in 4
I know bugger all about most stuff.. I have no idea about planets and the solar system. I vaguely knew that the earth spins and that the sun is a stationary gas but other than that I don't know much. So I sympathise with the yanks in the survey. I also don't think a knowledge of the solar system has much of a reflection on a person's intelligence or general knowledge either. I know some people who are pretty much fascinated by all things space. And I know a lot of people who know which is the largest planet and which has the most mass and which is densest and which one is furthest away from which etc.. and yet they know bugger all about music, or girls.
Also, from lurking on the internet, I have seen a lot of yanks talking on forums, and a lot of them seem pretty well educated on a lot of academicish stuff to me. I'm sure those who grew up in redneck country or whatever, they may not have had the education others have, but a lot of Americans get a good education nowdays. Whether they pay attention at school or not is another thing, but generally they seem pretty good. The younger generations I mean.
what gives you that idea?
agh the pic had a swear in it and photobucket is going sloooow
Last edited by MadduckUK; 03-01-2008 at 05:26 PM.
Vodka
EDIT. I saw it with the swear word.. aMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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