THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)
Fun Stuff => ENJOY => Topic started by: Kugai on 07 Apr 2014, 20:55
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/07/star-trek-actress-lends-her-gravitas-to-film-promoting-idea-that-sun-revolves-around-earth/ (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/07/star-trek-actress-lends-her-gravitas-to-film-promoting-idea-that-sun-revolves-around-earth/)
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wut.
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As the kids used to say: ROFLMAO
I like a good demonstration of mental gymnastics.
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A Holocaust-denier as well. Proof that there are still fools in the world, I guess.
About one in four Americans believe in geocentrism, which places the Earth at the center of the universe and the sun, planets, and stars revolving around it.
Can that really be true?
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i want to believe that that is a result from a poorly conducted or mis-interpreted survey.
or maybe i just need to believe that
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About one in four Americans believe in geocentrism, which places the Earth at the center of the universe and the sun, planets, and stars revolving around it.
Can that really be true?
I doubt it. The survey question was likely biased, or just worded oddly. Maybe I'm optimistic, maybe I'm overestimating Americans, but 25% is ridiculous.
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The survey in question is the National Science Board’s Science and Engineering Indicators 2014, and it's also reported on here (http://www.iflscience.com/scientific-knoweldge-trails-support-0), so you can poke around and judge for yourself.
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If someone said to me "Quick! Which is larger, an electron or an atom?" I'd easily have a 1 in 4 chance of giving the wrong answer out of confusion. Equally, the same with "Does the sun go round the earth?". It's more worrying when people know what science says but persist in disbelieving it because it's incompatible with what they want to be true (what my dad calls belief-based facts; he kept going on about it when Redball visited, sorry about that Bob...).
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You can get at least 10% of people to agree with just about any survey question, no matter how ridiculous. I seem to remember a survey a couple years ago where people gave a higher approval rating to herpes than to the U.S. Congress. For every 10 people they asked, one basically said "sure, herpes sounds like a good idea"...
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Does it mean I'm a cynic on the mentality of most Americans that I was more shocked by the fact that Kate Mulgrew, of all people, lent her name to this?
I mean, come on!!! A paycheck's a paycheck, but some paychecks aren't worth the Latinum.
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About one in four Americans believe in geocentrism, which places the Earth at the center of the universe and the sun, planets, and stars revolving around it.
Can that really be true?
I doubt it. The survey question was likely biased, or just worded oddly. Maybe I'm optimistic, maybe I'm overestimating Americans, but 25% is ridiculous.
It's roughly on par with the percentage of Americans who think 9/11 was an inside job.
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Finally, a rebutle from Ms Mulgrew herself
Kate Mulgrew has said she was misled about the entire dumbass Documentary... She sold her voice.... Not her belief... I for one am going to take her word for it..."I understand there has been some controversy about my participation in a documentary called THE PRINCIPLE. Let me assure everyone that I completely agree with the eminent physicist Lawrence Krauss, who was himself misrepresented in the film, and who has written a succinct rebuttal in SLATE. I am not a geocentrist, nor am I in any way a proponent of geocentrism. More importantly, I do not subscribe to anything Robert Sungenis has written regarding science and history and, had I known of his involvement, would most certainly have avoided this documentary. I was a voice for hire, and a misinformed one, at that. I apologize for any confusion that my voice on this trailer may have caused. Kate Mulgrew"
Thank Valen! I was beginning to think Janeway had slipped a few gears here.
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I'd take that survery finding with a large pinch of salt unless you believe it's likely that 25% of surveyed US citizens and 34% of surveyed Europeans really believe that the sun goes around the earth rather than just being confused.
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http://www.break.com/video/the-majority-of-french-people-are-dumb-335023
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British public wrong about nearly everything, survey shows (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-public-wrong-about-nearly-everything-survey-shows-8697821.html)