Probably the same 25% who believe in “global warming”.
The good news is that they are completely incompetent.
Also discussed here:
What Americans Don’t Know About Science
The Atlantic ^ | Feb 15 2014, 9:24 AM ET | Eleanor Barkhorn
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3123325/posts
And a link to the full reports:
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind14/
I’m not sure that I would have scored well on this survey.
The earth (and all the planets) twist around the Sun as the Sun orbits the Milky Way. Think if the interwoven pattern in a braid. From the Earth, the simplest explanation of this phenomenon is that the Earth revolves around the Sun. In this Earth-centric view, the Sun is viewed as stationary. But, the Sun isn’t stationary. It and the Solar System are in orbit around the Milky Way. From outside the solar system, the relation of the Earth to the Sun isn’t well described as rotation.
With regarding to evolution, there is hardly any evidence of macro-evolution. There is a lot of evidence of micro-evolution. Species and life itself just seem to appear on the planet. The species that survive are those that are better suited to the environment. As there have been several revolutionary changes in the environment, not only species, but entire orders of life have died out. Among the species that have survived, distinct breeds have survived in various places featuring diverse environments. While several human-like apes co-existed with early man, where we or any of them came from isn’t clear. Nor is it clear that we and them are links in a chain of evolution. All that is clear, is that we survived and they didn’t.
“Only 66 percent of people in a 2005 European Union poll answered the basic astronomy answer correctly.”
NPR, the Blame America First station that American taxpayers pay for.
Of course it doesn’t. The Earth is flat supported on four elephants riding on a turtle. Some people just don’t understand science.
It’s pronounced “Erf”
The Bible says it does, so I would assume that figure would include all the young Earth Creationists.
We are entering a new dark age.
I am on my phone. Please someone post a double face palm.
What’s wrong with the other three out of four?
Would be nice to know how many of the 26% had college degrees.
The NSF is geocentricphobic.
Besides, what difference does it make? It's not as if they were considering taking a trip to the sun.
The solar system is a helix:
Did the survey ask how many were Democrats?
I bet they used ambush journalism to determine this. It is a common scam.
You approach a person on the street, stick a microphone in their face, and ask them an uncommon question, or to make a common, but incorrect statement.
The trick is that if you just gave them the question, with a little time to ponder it, they would eventually reach the right answer; but you act nervous, like the clock is ticking, and they cannot think, they must answer now, now, now!
Like I said, it is a scam. A favorite is to ask people a simple math question, or to name public figures. Years ago, there was “The EQ test”, asking people simple questions about economics, but giving them no time to think.
In this case, shove a microphone in someone’s face, and ask them, “What time do you think the Sun comes up these days?”
“About 6am, I guess.”
“Wow, you are ignorant. You don’t know that the world turns. The Sun doesn’t ‘come up’!”
First of all, no one answers incorrectly. People don’t get wrong answers these days.
Second, I’d bet a huge majority are obama voters.