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muriel_volestrangler

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9. More depressing: in 2005, 1 in 3 in the EU were unaware

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Sat Feb 15, 2014, 01:12 PM

Feb 2014

Page 7-23 of the pdf DreamGypsy linked to above (Tabled 7-8). Source for that: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_224_report_en.pdf

Even more depressing is the UK number who got it right: 56%. Were people just thinking this was a question about a metaphor, or something?

"QA10.1 Here is a little quiz. For each of the following statements, please tell me if it is true or false. If you don’t know, say so, and we will go on to the next one.

The Sun goes around the Earth
TOTAL True False DK
UK 1307 40% 56% 4%"

What that also shows is that ex-East Germany got it right 81% of the time, and West 66%. Dear FSM, maybe it really is about what people believe, not a language misunderstanding.

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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

Why single out urban non-white kids? It's the rural white religious nuts that celebrate ignorance. arcane1 Feb 2014 #7

Pretty much. JoeyT Feb 2014 #10

The full report from the American Association for the Advancement of Science is available... DreamGypsy Feb 2014 #6

Thanks for the link. Table 7-8 on p. 23 gives the questions and the percentage of correct responses. xocet Feb 2014 #11

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

NPR doesn't have the word "revolve" in the actual statement of the question. Jim__ Feb 2014 #13

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

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

"Knowledgable people are aware of the deep fundamental similarity between ... " eppur_se_muova Feb 2014 #16