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A quarter of Americans surveyed could not correctly answer that the Earth revolves around the sun and not the other way around, according to a report out Friday from the .

The survey of 2,200 people in the United States was conducted by the NSF in 2012 and released on Friday at an annual meeting of the

To the question "Does the Earth go around the Sun, or does the Sun go around the Earth," 26 percent of those surveyed answered incorrectly.

In the same survey, just 39 percent answered correctly (true) that "The universe began with a huge explosion" and only 48 percent said "Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals."

Just over half understood that antibiotics are not effective against viruses.

As alarming as some of those deficits in science knowledge might appear, Americans fared better on several of the questions than similar, but older surveys of their Chinese and European counterparts.

Only 66 percent of people in a 2005 European Union poll answered the basic astronomy answer correctly. However, both China and the EU fared significantly better (66 percent and 70 percent, respectively) on the question about human evolution.

In a survey compiled by the National Opinion Research Center from various sources, Americans seemed to generally support science research and expressed the greatest interest in new medical discoveries and local school issues related to science. They were least interested in space exploration, agricultural developments and international and foreign policy issues related to science.

Interesting in what way? None terribly, for me. Maybe it was the " . " as a source. Interestingly, to me, are the sources and statistics chosen that are delivered in an authoritative manner, whether they do or not, have a tendency to connote authority. The interpretation is all up for grabs.

Not another link without the OP commentary! Gets tiring to me. I just won't say anything, either, anymore. Gets boring being the only one with an opinion that doesn't have a link!

beetree, the commentary is above, it's just a link to the actual story from a reliable source.  So just fill in the "blanks" on the story above with "Discovery News".  Good enough?

And the interpretation isn't hard to figure out when there are those who think teaching children to be ignorant of science and question evidence that is right in front of their faces, is a noble quest.  It's not a giant leap.  That's just half of those who don't "believe" in evolution, so why's it such a stretch to the next level of ignorance?

LOL  ... I'm done filling in blanks for the night!! LOL  No, not good enough! Tell me your TWO Cents... but never mind, good night for me.... lol! Save it for later...! 

 

"when there are those who think teaching children to be ignorant of science and question evidence that is right in front of their faces, is a noble quest."

There are those to be sure, however, this would seem to be an overly simplistic take on a complicated issue.

Yeah! What Carlin said! 

 Travels, Basically, your argument and conclusions suppose too many variables. Some of which are not quantifiable, some of which are just questionable.