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In reply to the discussion: Poll: 1 in 4 Americans unaware the Earth circles the Sun [View all]Andy823
(11,496 posts)3. They must be
Last edited Sat Feb 15, 2014, 12:08 PM - Edit history (1)
The teapublican party base, the ones that listen to fox news, Rush, and Glen Beck!
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It's a lot of work keeping those light bulbs in the sky changed, hopefully LEDs will
RKP5637
Feb 2014
#6
Now that you know the truth, to what/whom would you assign 'responsibility' for this?
brett_jv
Feb 2014
#81
The GPS, I think had a strong launch point because many already couldn't or struggled with reading
TheKentuckian
Feb 2014
#80
It doesn't help when idiot singers like Rihanna sing dumbass lyrics like "Shine Bright Like a
Nanjing to Seoul
Feb 2014
#43
That's why I use the voice chat option on WeChat and QQ. No more typing
Nanjing to Seoul
Feb 2014
#99
I bet the same 1 in 4 can't identify Uranus. And have trouble wiping theirs. nt
msanthrope
Feb 2014
#5
And most of this 25% are probably high school graduates. Some years ago I read that
Cal33
Feb 2014
#18
Actually, both are true. The sun DOES revolve around the earth, AND the earth revolves around
ChairmanAgnostic
Feb 2014
#30
They aren't. It's one big crystal ball around our good flat earth, and has pretty
ChairmanAgnostic
Feb 2014
#74
Oh, I expect that a lot of kids at least receive this kind of information once or twice...
Silent3
Feb 2014
#28
I thought all that Earth going around the Sun stuff was just another Al Gore hoax.
tclambert
Feb 2014
#57
The ignorance of Americans is the #1 National Security challenge, when rightly considered.
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2014
#64
Believable....as 2 in 4 Americans are negligent in their thinking they can change the
bkanderson76
Feb 2014
#67