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7. Why single out urban non-white kids? It's the rural white religious nuts that celebrate ignorance.

Sat Feb 15, 2014, 11:33 AM

Feb 2014

From the article:

"Fewer than half (48 per cent) knew that human beings evolved from earlier species of animals."

Hmm, whose fault is that..?

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One in four Americans unaware that Earth revolves around Sun: poll [View all] jakeXT Feb 2014 OP

The Republicans and religious right avebury Feb 2014 #1

2,200 is a small sampling Auggie Feb 2014 #2

>>> Historic NY Feb 2014 #3

To me this speaks to the education stats in our country. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #4

Welcome to DU! longship Feb 2014 #5

Pretty much. JoeyT Feb 2014 #10

Not the Onion? Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #8

More depressing: in 2005, 1 in 3 in the EU were unaware muriel_volestrangler Feb 2014 #9

Or is it that 25% of Americans don't know the meaning of 'revolve'? HereSince1628 Feb 2014 #12

I wonder if they surveyed any of my relatives TxDemChem Feb 2014 #14

It's a trick question. defacto7 Feb 2014 #15