Take the Science quiz at Pew Research Center
And I don't think it's important to know these few things just because they're important things to know in and of themselves. They are, but - I think we have to widen that out and understand that it's important for us to know these (or other) things as a way of keeping ourselves better-informed in a more general sense.
What did Mr Jefferson say about the health of a democracy being dependent on a well-informed electorate?
And what's become apparent as far as people being well-informed in the age of Alex Jones and Benny Hinn and DumFux News?
How much Americans appear to know about science depends on the kinds of questions asked, of course. Science encompasses a vast array of fields and information, and the questions in the new Pew Research survey represent a small slice of science knowledge. On Pew Research Center’s set of 12 multiple-choice questions – some of which include images as part of the questions or answer options – Americans gave more correct than incorrect answers; the median was eight correct answers out of 12 (mean 7.9). Some 27% answered eight or nine questions correctly, while another 26% answered 10 or 11 items correctly. Just 6% of respondents got a perfect score.
These findings come from Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel, a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey of 3,278 adults (including 2,923 adults online and 355 respondents by mail) was conducted Aug 11 - Sept 3, 2014.The test is easy - almost ridiculously so - and not because I'm just that fucking awesome.
And I don't think it's important to know these few things just because they're important things to know in and of themselves. They are, but - I think we have to widen that out and understand that it's important for us to know these (or other) things as a way of keeping ourselves better-informed in a more general sense.
What did Mr Jefferson say about the health of a democracy being dependent on a well-informed electorate?
And what's become apparent as far as people being well-informed in the age of Alex Jones and Benny Hinn and DumFux News?
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