American Adults Flunk Basic Science

"According to the national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences:

Only 53% of adults know how long it takes for the Earth to revolve around the Sun.
Only 59% of adults know that the earliest humans and dinosaurs did not live at the same time.
Only 47% of adults can roughly approximate the percent of the Earth's surface that is covered with water.*
Only 21% of adults answered all three questions correctly"

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 115133.htm

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That's tragic. I blame an over-emphasis in our schools on Language Arts skills to the neglect of all else.

And History, math, common sense, etc. etc.

chickaree wrote: :faint:
That's tragic. I blame an over-emphasis in our schools on Language Arts skills to the neglect of all else.

If you can't read it's hard to learn much science.

As long as I know what I need for work, right?

Personally I find these hard to believe, but maybe I need to get out more.

SS109 wrote: As long as I know what I need for work, right?

Personally I find these hard to believe, but maybe I need to get out more.

You need to get out more.

Yes SS the jefferson store is not a good cross section of what is going on out there.

The whole study is flawed, because question # 2 is debatable.

TPP wrote: The whole study is flawed, because question # 2 is debatable.

lol True, I saw it on the Flinstones. And Barney the Purple Dinosaur teaches modern children.

TPP wrote: The whole study is flawed, because question # 2 is debatable.

See, THIS is where the 41% is coming from. Religious fundamentalists.