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Third of Russians think sun revolves around earth, poll finds
Agence France-Presse ^
| 2/12/11
| Staff
Posted on 02/12/2011 8:13:29 PM PST by Nachum
Does the sun revolve around the Earth? About one third of Russians appear to believe so, according to a survey published today. Thirty-two percent of Russians reject a sun-centered Solar system, four percent more than in 2007 when a similar survey was conducted (Snip) The survey also found 55 percent of Russians believe that radioactivity is a human invention. Twenty-nine percent believe humans lived in the era of dinosaurs. Women are more likely than men to believe scientific superstitions, the survey found.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; russians; sun; think; third
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To: Nachum
Why is saying that the earth is the center of the universe any stupider than saying that, of all the billions upon billions of stars, our sun/star is the center of the universe?
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posted on
02/12/2011 9:20:31 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
To: Verginius Rufus
I looked up what study was done in the US. it would seem 20% of Americans believe the sun revolves around the earth.
you have to wonder in these polls how many took the 50/50 chance and guessed correctly.
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posted on
02/12/2011 9:21:25 PM PST
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
To: Errant
Photos of the silverback Queen Sheila are becoming the new “helen thomas” eyesore.
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posted on
02/12/2011 9:22:47 PM PST
by
dusttoyou
("Progressives" are wee-weeing all over themselves, Foc nobama)
To: Nachum
ORBITS
...you idiots! It does not "Revolve" around the Sun. It "Orbits" around the Sun. No wonder the Russians were confused.
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I literally had one of our interns ask me Friday if atoms were real. He’d never seen a picture of one. Also asked if electron microscopes existed, and how they worked. This is a sophomore in computer science at a major University locally. I weep for our country...
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posted on
02/12/2011 9:23:11 PM PST
by
thoolou
("I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." - David Bradley, inventor of Ctrl-Alt-Del)
To: Nachum
This is a hit piece. There is no way 1/3 of Russians believe this.
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posted on
02/12/2011 9:47:42 PM PST
by
grapeape
(Blitzshield.com - making football safer)
To: Nachum
What difference does it make, really, which revolves around which? Who cares?
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posted on
02/12/2011 9:50:32 PM PST
by
youngidiot
(Don't let the name fool ya, toots.)
To: Nachum
And these are the smart ones!
To: E. Pluribus Unum
That sounds about equal to me.
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posted on
02/12/2011 10:20:46 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(We're gonna need more blades of grass.)
To: Nachum
Well at least its Russia this time, most of the time these stories are about the USA and made to look like Americans are a bunch of idiots. The fact is I imagine you would find that 1/3 of the population in any country are idiots. How do you think Obama got elected, he had the 33% idiot vote locked down and just had to fool another 17% of the thinking population.
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posted on
02/12/2011 10:28:30 PM PST
by
apillar
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Earth does revolve around the sun. Once a year. It rotates on its axis. Once a day.
To: youngidiot
What difference does it make, really, which revolves around which? Who cares?You're kidding, right?
To: Nachum
and half of Americans think democratic policies are good for the country...
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posted on
02/12/2011 11:02:49 PM PST
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
At least a third of Americans think the sun rises and sets on Obama’s ass.
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posted on
02/12/2011 11:40:49 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(R. Emmett Tyrrell: Liberalism is dead. What we see now is "soft Nazis-ism".)
To: Nachum
BREAKING NEWS: Hey Guys, we have bigger problems. There is a report that Guam just tipped over and capsized!
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posted on
02/13/2011 2:44:44 AM PST
by
240B
(he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
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posted on
02/13/2011 6:51:50 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: Nachum
I remember seeing a documentary about Russia some decades ago, and one segment was about Russian dairy farmers. Apparently one of the farmers had a cow who wasn’t producing enough milk. The farmer decided to punish the cow and cut the cow’s rations until the cow produced more milk. I bet that worked.
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posted on
02/13/2011 8:11:09 AM PST
by
driftless2
(For long-term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
To: buccaneer81
No. I’m not kidding at all. What difference does it make if thirty percent of Russians are wrong about the rotation of the sun? It is what it is and we can’t change it. It isn’t as if enough people are incorrect then the rotation of the sun and earth will suddenly change and we’ll all die. So who gives a damn?
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posted on
02/13/2011 8:22:59 AM PST
by
youngidiot
(Don't let the name fool ya, toots.)
To: Revolting cat!
As Algore would say, “That’s CONSENSUS!!!”
There’s more of them than there are of us so that means that even if it’s only a minority of Russians, it’s still more than Americans who reject their “science”...
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posted on
02/14/2011 7:28:10 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. -Albert Brooks)
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