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Friday, July 06, 2007
Americans Are Dumb, Part Two
From a recent article in the New York Times:
Really? Sun around the Earth?
REALLY?!?
American adults in general do not understand what molecules are (other than that they are really small). Fewer than a third can identify DNA as a key to heredity. Only about 10 percent know what radiation is. One adult American in five thinks the Sun revolves around the Earth, an idea science had abandoned by the 17th century.
Really? Sun around the Earth?
REALLY?!?
1 Comments:
i may have given up on that citizenship test on the second question, but i know ALL of that stuff ... i still can't flip an omelette with out breaking it, though.
LAME.
speaking of lame, my firefox browser keeps telling me "omelette" is spelled "omelet."
whatever.
LAME.
speaking of lame, my firefox browser keeps telling me "omelette" is spelled "omelet."
whatever.