I got 13/13. That's not bragging, these were really easy.
I got 13/13. That's not bragging, these were really easy.
What I got from looking at the results was that old people are dumb. Ok, scientifically illiterate.
Originally shared by David Brin
Here is a quiz on how much science adults know. Only 7% of the adult population gets all 13 questions correct. See how you do. In fairness, 37% of American adults surveyed got 11 or more correct. It really isn't all that bad, considering.
Indeed, last year a survey of world ADULT Science Literacy gave the shocking result that US adult citizens were by far the most science literate on the planet. This does not fit the world narrative of ill-educated Americans. Indeed, cognitive dissonance cause the media to simply shrug it aside. But I have a theory to explain it....
http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/
http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/
What I got from looking at the results was that old people are dumb. Ok, scientifically illiterate.
Originally shared by David Brin
Here is a quiz on how much science adults know. Only 7% of the adult population gets all 13 questions correct. See how you do. In fairness, 37% of American adults surveyed got 11 or more correct. It really isn't all that bad, considering.
Indeed, last year a survey of world ADULT Science Literacy gave the shocking result that US adult citizens were by far the most science literate on the planet. This does not fit the world narrative of ill-educated Americans. Indeed, cognitive dissonance cause the media to simply shrug it aside. But I have a theory to explain it....
http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/
http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/
I find it interesting that the one question women were correct more than men was the one about antibiotics - reinforcing that women are more focused on health.
ReplyDeleteCripes those were really basic questions, though I guess I could see getting 1 or 2 wrong just from a "test taking skills" point of view (some people just don't test well, or misread the questions).
ReplyDeleteIn got 1 wrong. I blame the time of day.
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