One in Four Americans Unaware Earth Circles the Sun

[10Toes]

Swore it was CA, OR, and WA last time I checked

Moved from WA to VA for one year of high school. I went from having average grades in WA to having the highest grade in almost every class without even trying. I couldn't even believe some of the things the other students would say/ask.

[slammin.e28]

Moved from WA to VA for one year of high school. I went from having average grades in WA to having the highest grade in almost every class without even trying. I couldn't even believe some of the things the other students would say/ask.

SRSLY. I live here. Education system sucks, but I'd say it's better than inner city schools anywhere. Hell, the city schools here are the WORST in the area. Gang activity in the ELEMENTARY school.....

Not sayin' but I'm just sayin'....

[BraveUlysses]

Swore it was CA, OR, and WA last time I checked

Nope, the south overwhelmingly represents the bottom half of the list

http://www.alec.org/publications/report-card-on-american-education/

[slammin.e28]

Nope, the south overwhelmingly represents the bottom half of the list

http://www.alec.org/publications/rep...can-education/

I mean, we are ALL just dumb goat-fucking rednecks down here, right?

What more do yo expect?

[BraveUlysses]

I mean, we are ALL just dumb goat-fucking rednecks down here, right?

What more do yo expect?

I'll take "things I didn't say" for 500, Alex.

[z31maniac]

yeah, I don't think so.

while we make fun of this situation, it makes one seriously wonder what the cause is. is it cultural? political? lack of funding for education? genetics? willful ignorance?

I've seen so many science articles where the comments are "science is full of shit" and "what a waste of money". When they are using the internet, computers, GPS navigation, uh, pretty much everything we have today is because of science.. yeah, what a waste!

But that's only because jebus taught the scientists how to make stuff.

[rwh11385]

Again, people with posts like freeride53 would benefit from actually basing comments on data and facts. The demographic breakdown of science knowledge, albeit a different question set:

http://www.people-press.org/2009/07/09/section-7-science-interest-and-knowledge/

Poor people (presumably more often in poor townships with poorer schools) did a lot worse than people who are better off.

Geographically, the South did worse than West or Northeast.


Towards nando: Now, general education may be different than say specific views about particular topics that may have been founded on biased sources, such as the anti-vaccine crowd which subject their well-off children to risks of diseases long controlled in developed societies by choice and Bill Gates is working to empower poorer nations to be able to do what we take for granted and some abstain from here. Same with political attacks of scientific funding to study worm sex - it is specific ignorance not general science knowledge but still harmful to society.

Usually when people attack research based upon political stances, I think:

[peter321]

Why did I even click on this stupid shit.

[einhander]

Why did I even click on this stupid shit.

Because you're stupid, too!

[Lodsin]

"I think its funny that when you bleed its hard to get rid of the stains, because God wants you to know you did something really bad."

[F34R]

"I think its funny that when you bleed its hard to get rid of the stains, because God wants you to know you did something really bad."

Or remember the fun you had.

[tjts1]

One in Four Americans Unaware Earth Circles the Sun

Thats just a theory.

[einhander]

Thats just a theory.

How can results from a survey be a theory?

[nando]

He's being sarcastic.

In other words, the earth is only 6000 years old and the oort cloud is a fantasy.

[anabolice30]

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