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Poll: 26 percent in U.S. do not know Earth goes around sun
UPI ^ | February 15, 2014

Posted on 02/15/2014 12:37:32 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Twenty-six percent of U.S. respondents do not realize Earth revolves around the sun, a survey by the National Science Foundation indicated.

The NSF conducts the poll on some basic science facts every two years, The Atlantic reported. The foundation said there has been little change in the percentages of correct answers since 1992.

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


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KEYWORDS: arth; earth; nsf; polls; science; scienceeducation; sun
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To: ConservativeStatement

Probably that same 26% who have been abducted by aliens and were given a tour of the solar system in a flying saucer.


41 posted on 02/15/2014 2:00:35 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As government expands, liberty contracts. - President Ronald W. Reagan)
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To: Edgar3
....and believe in man made globull warming.
42 posted on 02/15/2014 2:05:48 PM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: ConservativeStatement

There needs to be intelligence tests for voting. Idiots, imbeciles, and morons should not be able to take part in answering the important questions that are put before voters.


43 posted on 02/15/2014 2:06:07 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: andrew1957

It revolves/orbits around the Sun. It rotates about its axis.


44 posted on 02/15/2014 2:06:31 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: gundog

The sun isn’t going to explode - I’ve read the end of the book.


45 posted on 02/15/2014 2:10:36 PM PST by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Twenty-six percent of U.S. respondents do not realize Earth revolves around the sun,

Stupid people are more easily programmable by libtards, and are more likely to end up being parasites who can't survive without big government santa claus to take care of them.

46 posted on 02/15/2014 2:12:11 PM PST by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: SkyDancer; bigheadfred

My mother told me ON MANY OCCASIONS that the world revolves around me.


47 posted on 02/15/2014 2:13:02 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: cripplecreek

In constant radius along a 2D plane?


48 posted on 02/15/2014 2:13:03 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: andrew1957
The earth does not revolve around the sun. It revolves around it’s axis.

The earth ORBITS the sun.


re·volve (rĭ-vŏlv′)
v. re·volved, re·volv·ing, re·volves
v.intr.
1. To orbit a central point.
2. To turn on an axis; rotate.

49 posted on 02/15/2014 2:21:07 PM PST by Gunslingr3
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To: golux
Hah! Lot you know.

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50 posted on 02/15/2014 2:28:12 PM PST by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice.)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Twenty-six percent of U.S. respondents do not realize Earth revolves around the sun, a survey by the National Science Foundation indicated.

Isn't that exactly the same percentage of legal voters who would vote for Obama again, no matter what?

51 posted on 02/15/2014 2:33:04 PM PST by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

They firmly know everything revolves around them.


52 posted on 02/15/2014 2:35:15 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Fightin Whitey; SkyDancer
My mother told me ON MANY OCCASIONS that the world revolves around me.

and she was right at least 26% of the time

53 posted on 02/15/2014 2:38:14 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: cripplecreek

I’m pretty sure it all depends on your point of reference. If you take it that the stationary point is the center of gravity of earth’s solar system, I believe you are correct. However, if you use the earth’s center of gravity as your reference, then everything changes. Its all relative...


54 posted on 02/15/2014 2:38:58 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: Revolting cat!
...how many know the difference between “its” and “it’s”?

Damn few on Free Republic understand the difference, that's for sure. See my tagline.

55 posted on 02/15/2014 2:39:10 PM PST by OldPossum ("It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is"; think about ITS implications.)
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To: OldPossum

Okay I’ve been lazy. I know the difference between its and it’s, but my smartphone is too stupid to insert the apostrophe when needed.

I applaud you for your attention to the English language. Should you ever confuse “fewer” and “less”, I will be sure to let you know


56 posted on 02/15/2014 2:52:28 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

ALL covered by ObamaCare! We are in safe hands.


57 posted on 02/15/2014 2:53:24 PM PST by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: Cicero

I thought of that bit from Sherlock too.


58 posted on 02/15/2014 3:15:44 PM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Another reason to homeschool your kids. Public school is Child Abuse on the part of the school system and on the part of the parents who send their children to public school.


59 posted on 02/15/2014 3:24:06 PM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: SgtHooper
Test your Scientific Literacy.
Contains two questions not in the other link.

Science Literacy 2

60 posted on 02/15/2014 3:29:10 PM PST by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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