Posted on 05/28/2008 6:28:16 PM PDT by doug from upland
July 6, 1999
New Poll Gauges Americans' General Knowledge Levels
When Americans are asked to identify the country from which America gained its independence, 76% correctly name Great Britain. A handful, 2%, think America's freedom was won from France, 3% mention some other country (including Russia, China, and Mexico, among others named), while 19% are unsure.
Groups that have higher degrees of self-reported patriotism (see Gallup's Fourth of July release), such as older people and whites, are also more likely to correctly name the country from which America gained its independence. Only 66% of those aged 18-29 know that America gained its independence from England, compared to 79% of those aged 30 and older. The knowledge gap is even wider on the basis of gender and race:
85% of men compared to only 69% of women know that America's freedom was won from England
80% of whites vs. 54% of blacks answered correctly
Four out of Five Americans Know Earth Revolves Around Sun
Probing a more universal measure of knowledge, Gallup also asked the following basic science question, which has been used to indicate the level of public knowledge in two European countries in recent years: "As far as you know, does the earth revolve around the sun or does the sun revolve around the earth?" In the new poll, about four out of five Americans (79%) correctly respond that the earth revolves around the sun, while 18% say it is the other way around.
(Excerpt) Read more at gallup.com ...
I bet if you broke it down, the results would be very interesting along that line (i.e. by Party). And probably embarrassing (to libs) to boot!
Even modern astronomers observe the Babylonian/Ptolemaic convention of describing the Sun's course against the fixed stars.
Its the WGAF factor. 20% of Americans dont GAF because they are spoiled rotten.
At least they don’t think their uncle liberated Auschwitz (except for that one outlier in the sample).
Yeah, right. I can WATCH the thing go around us during the course of the day.
Anyway, look how small the Sun is in the sky. Why would the Earth go around that little thing? Heck, I can tell just by looking up in the sky that it really isn't any bigger than the Moon.
Sheesh.
BTTT
Now we know who voted for her.
21%.
And they all line up like sheep at Obama rallies.
I know one American that thinks we have 58 States and still counting. He is waiting on his Uncle to come home from WW11.
99
That was Sheila Jackson Lee, not Maxine Waters.
http://www.seds.org/spaceviews/970915/cap.html
“The Congressional bonehead award goes to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) who, on a visit to JPL, asked if Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong! Quipped Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) to the Washington Times: “We just don’t teach enough science.” Worse, Jackson Lee, who represents Houston, is a member of the House Science Committee’s space subcommittee. Perhaps some committee reassignments are in order...”
Yikes! I was about to post that very quote! Great minds think alike, so do we apparently.
Mars is the country whot candy bars come from.
Texas won independence from Mexico as well.
How about them there moon pies?
Self ping
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