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Blinded By Science?

05/02/2005 2:30 PM

Optics & Photonics News reports that 90% of Americans say that they are interested in science and technology. At the same time, a quarter of the populace doesn't know that the earth revolves around the sun. As Melissa Pollak of the National Science Foundation (NSF) explains, "Americans may love science, but they don't know much about it." So what gives?
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This is what happens

05/02/2005 3:33 PM

As much as we love science, we are told not to believe it.
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BRodda
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huhhh.....

05/03/2005 1:45 PM

Honestly I think that some of the questions are confusing. I had no idea what the radioactive milk question was asking (does it become radioactive or will boiling remove radioactivity). I wonder if they considered it wrong if people forgot to add the 1/4 of a day to each year. One of my coworkers and I got into a debate if algae (which makes most of the planets oxygen) is a plant or not (it's not. they are part of kingdom Protista)
Personally I would like to see the percentage of people that got each question wrong.

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