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Alan
California Academy of Sciences Survey Shows American Adults Flunk Basic Science - http://www.reuters.com/article...
March 18, 2009
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* 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.
- Alan
This says far more about the state of science education than the people who gave wrong answers.
- Alan