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Scientific ignorance in the U.S.

Scientific ignorance in the U.S. - The article, which is behind a registration wall (bugmenot to the rescue), talks about the classes not of economy but of knowledge in the United States.

“Our best university graduates are world-class by any definition,” he said. “But the second half of our high school population - it’s an embarrassment. We have left behind a lot of people.”

This article, frankly, is frightening. Having intellectually matured while guided by an excellent university, I continually lose site of what the average person simply does not know.

One adult American in five thinks the Sun revolves around the Earth, an idea science had abandoned by the 17th century.

The concluding remarks are the icing on the cake of despair: look for the response Jon D. Miller gets to his radio apperances.

(thx, airbag)

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