4 out of every 5 Americans know that the Earth revolves around the Sun - GoFuckYourself.com

ldinternet · 02-25-2004, 04:13 PM

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As far as you know, does the earth revolve around the sun or does the sun revolve around the earth?"

In the new poll, about four out of five Americans (79%) correctly respond that the earth revolves around the sun, while 18% say it is the other way around. 3% didn't know.

These results are comparable to those found in Germany when a similar question was asked there in 1996; in response to that poll, 74% of Germans gave the correct answer, while 16% thought the sun revolved around the earth, and 10% said they didn't know.

When the question was asked in Great Britain that same year, 67% answered correctly, 19% answered incorrectly, and 14% didn't know.

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I've always said that the British are fucking stupid.

Lane · 02-25-2004, 04:15 PM

those people shouldnt be allowed to vote

tbabe · 02-25-2004, 04:16 PM

not just britain, it seems every country has real stupid people. I knew that when i was 5

Scherfi · 02-25-2004, 04:16 PM

holy fuck!

Mr. Marks · 02-25-2004, 04:16 PM

That's hilarious

Ic3m4nZ · 02-25-2004, 04:17 PM

americans.. the funniest survey was when we saw how many of them sucks at geography 85% of americans couldn't locate Iraq on a map.

hova · 02-25-2004, 04:18 PM

20% or more of all people were supposed to be aborted

Stewie · 02-25-2004, 04:20 PM

You mean the Earth isn't the center of the universe?

I thought the sun was at one of the 4 flat edges of the earth....

StuartD · 02-25-2004, 04:21 PM

If Bush told people that Saddam was hiding WMD's on the sun, then a large population of the US would believe him.

hova · 02-25-2004, 04:22 PM

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Originally posted by Ic3m4nZ
americans.. the funniest survey was when we saw how many of them sucks at geography 85% of americans couldn't locate Iraq on a map.

A lot of people have that problem. There used to be a program on Dutch television where some guy asked people on a holiday to point where they were. Mostly they were in Monaco and pointed some place in eastern russia or they were in Curacao and pointed somewhere in Scandinavia. Simply too many stupid fucks on this earth

Mike-BP · 02-25-2004, 04:23 PM

Wow, only in America

slackologist · 02-25-2004, 04:24 PM

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Originally posted by MaskedMan
If Bush told people that Saddam was hiding WMD's on the sun, then a large population of the US would believe him.

TurboTrucker · 02-25-2004, 04:25 PM

But then the Democrats would never win an election.

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Originally posted by Lane
those people shouldnt be allowed to vote

XxXotic · 02-25-2004, 04:26 PM

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Originally posted by Ic3m4nZ
americans.. the funniest survey was when we saw how many of them sucks at geography 85% of americans couldn't locate Iraq on a map.

we don't need to locate iraq on the map, we just need to be able to program the missles to hit a map point

mijoon · 02-25-2004, 04:26 PM

I hate to spoil your fun , but according to Einsteins Theory , which has been tested and verified to a zillion decimal places , both points of view are equally correct .

MobileMark · 02-25-2004, 04:29 PM

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Originally posted by TurboTrucker
But then the Democrats would never win an election.

so its the intelligent ones who voted for bush then?

Stewie · 02-25-2004, 04:29 PM

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Originally posted by MaskedMan
If Bush told people that Saddam was hiding WMD's on the sun, then a large population of the US would believe him.

Wasn't that a SouthPark episode, with Saddam building chemical weapon factories in Heaven?

02-25-2004, 04:34 PM

WHERE IN THE WORLD
Among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps:

87 percent cannot find Iraq

83 percent cannot find Afghanistan

76 percent cannot find Saudi Arabia

70 percent cannot find New Jersey

49 percent cannot find New York

29 percent cannot find the Pacific Ocean

11 percent cannot find the United States

TurboTrucker · 02-25-2004, 04:34 PM

Maybe you forgot who the other candidate was.

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Originally posted by MobileMark

so its the intelligent ones who voted for bush then?

rett11 · 02-25-2004, 04:35 PM

I'm convinced that a fairly large percentage of the population can't be bothered to think...

MobileMark · 02-25-2004, 04:39 PM

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Originally posted by XxXotic
we don't need to locate iraq on the map, we just need to be able to program the missles to hit a map point

an old fella i know who fought in the british army in WW2 told me
'when the americans started bombing, the safest place to be was sitting in a german tank'

MobileMark · 02-25-2004, 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by TurboTrucker
Maybe you forgot who the other candidate was.

but could he really have been so much worse for your country?

Michael O · 02-25-2004, 04:55 PM

Scary how many stupid people that are walking loose

AdultNex · 02-25-2004, 05:11 PM

... And Pluto is the closest to the Sun right?

Nat · 02-25-2004, 05:15 PM

um, in my opinion to many people are retards, this thread proves it!

fuelcell · 02-25-2004, 05:45 PM

too funny but not exactly news

serious · 02-25-2004, 05:58 PM

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Originally posted by Mike-BP
Wow, only in America

did you read the original post

mistersoft · 02-25-2004, 06:30 PM

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Originally posted by mijoon

I hate to spoil your fun , but according to Einsteins Theory , which has been tested and verified to a zillion decimal places , both points of view are equally correct .

Wow! An intelligent point of view. What is happening with GFY?

davvve · 02-25-2004, 06:42 PM

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Originally posted by mijoon

I hate to spoil your fun , but according to Einsteins Theory , which has been tested and verified to a zillion decimal places , both points of view are equally correct .

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