29% of Europeans Claims Sun Rotates Around Earth!!!
 

A recent survey among Europeans on their scientific knowledge has shown that 29% claim that the sun rotates around Earth. 4% didn't know.

Even worse, when asked how much time the Earth takes to rotate fully around the sun 17% answered 1 month, 16% didn't know.

Isn't that ridiculous? I mean how stupid could you really be?
I'm just happy Holland was among the top 3 of best answers with a 74% score, Sweden topped the chart with 79%.

Cyprus scored the worst with only 49%... candidate for the EU Turkey participated too and scored a sad 44% :Oh crap

this is no surprise to the people living outside of the EU.

Try the same survey in the US, or even Canada. You'll get quite similar results.

you mean these?

http://www.tomservo.cc/show.aspx/redneck.gif

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Haha, I'd like to see that survey in the US.
Ever see the Jay Leno's "Jaywalking"?

haha... well how did norway do? I know the answer!

No what's it about???

I would expect Norway to be in the top 3, anything else would be a complete lie, or mis-interpretation of the facts. So there... :winkwink:

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Yeah, but thats Hollywood.. what do you expect :) It's officially another planet..

Everytime I see that I keep hoping I'll see a tiny little disclaimer saying that the participants are actors :upsidedow

This article provides a synopsis and some comments about the PISA results. (See the full PISA report resource as well.)
"For the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) assessment known as PISA (Program for International Student Assessment), the membership organization of industrialized governments tested a total of 265,000 students in 28 of the industrialized nations that are members of the compact, as well as Brazil, Latvia, Liechtenstein, and Russia. The tests included sections on literacy, mathematics, and science. Unlike other international assessments, which focus on topics covered in classroom curricula, PISA examined students' ability to apply their knowledge in real-life situations...The United States scored near the international average in all three subjects on the tests, which were administered last year."

ofcourse we topped the chart :winkwink:

I think you will get similar results if u did the same thing in the US......stupid people are everywhere :upsidedow

the funny thing is if you studied the theory of relativity, you would understand that it's all relative. the sun DOES rotate around the earth if you look at it from the earth's coordinate system.

and the "how long does it take" question is also relative. it depends who's telling :)

And when you ask Americans where milk comes from ~50% answer with "The mall".

I would derive from this that ~50% of americans have a sense of humor

Cyprus is full of american schools and colleges, no wonder lol

You buy your milk at the mall? Where do you buy it, in the Gap?

Do you have a source for this? Otherwise it's fairly meaningless.

I wonder how long it takes Jay and his crew to find people that give those answers

76% would say the sun rotates around g.w. bush and jesus

see, even the best schools can't teach you halfwits. :1orglaugh

It was a survey done by the European Union, I'm still trying to find an English link to the results but for now I just translated it from this Dutch news article:

http://www.nu.nl/news/540202/80/Bijn...m_aarde.h tml

hahaha rigth on :1orglaugh

Ah, the typical arrogant American reply... by the way I believe SR is a Greek, but for you Americans it's all the same right :disgust

http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/misc/...hgeography.gif

Seconds, at least :upsidedow

Everybody rags on Americans. Canadians usually do comparable to Americans on a whole host of studies. If this study was done on Americans and Canadians the results would probably be similar.

i have to admit good reply! lol

70% of American's think Saddam still has WMD hidden away :1orglaugh

^^^^^^^^^^^

this map is old

spain != friends anymore

and btw, kangaroos=friends

exactly... it's the land of the dumb for a reason :)

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Not bad for the USA for a change. According to "The Week", Jan 7 this year, only 20% of Americans think the sun orbits the earth :)

http://www.nu.nl/news/540202/80/Bijn...m_aarde.h tml

Considering the Vatican didn't apologise and admit that Galileo was right until 1983 this doesn't surprise me.

damn we are smart in sweden lol

true true

Living on Earth is great itn't it? We get a free trip around the Sun every year.

:D

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... beeb beeeeeeb ...

Canada = moose and hockey
I'm from Canada so I can ..
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it is actually :upsidedow