Can you answer 3 basic science questions correctly?

How many questions could you answer correctly?

  • 1

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 2

    Votes: 4 9.3%

  • 3

    Votes: 39 90.7%
  • Total voters
    43
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PadawanBater

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OK, here's the idea, I want to see how many people here can answer these three questions correctly, I just read a poll that I simply can't believe.

So in the poll just answer how many questions you could answer correctly, DO NOT POST THE ANSWERS IN THE THREAD because other people will see them and you'll fuck up the poll.

OK, here are the questions;

1. Did the earliest humans and dinosaurs live at the same time?

2. About how much percent of the Earth is covered by water?

3. How long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the Sun?


The poll says only 21% of American adults answered all three questions correctly.

Congrats if you're one in the 21%.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312115133.htm
 
kronic1989

kronic1989

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I wont speak for dinosaurs knowing humanoids. I dont believe that they can tell how old shit is. they can just geuss. And if humans being such small boned creatures, dont you think over such a long time human bones could have turned back into what they once were?
 
Johnny Retro

Johnny Retro

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Stats like this are bollocks.
Surveying 1,000 out of 300mil isnt acurate

This survey was conducted by telephone within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of the California Academy of Science between December 17 and December 21, 2008 among 1,002 adults ages 18+.
 
skiskate

skiskate

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Of course dinos and humans lived together, how do you think they killed all the dragons?

Thats far too basic to get wrong..
 
tnrtinr

tnrtinr

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Johnny Retro said:
Stats like this are bollocks.
Surveying 1,000 out of 300mil isnt acurate

This survey was conducted by telephone within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of the California Academy of Science between December 17 and December 21, 2008 among 1,002 adults ages 18+.
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Never taken a stats class? It takes a SMALL sample to accuratly poll a population. Of course it is not as accurate as a census; but it does the job.

Assuming the polling was truly random:
95% confidence level those figures are +/- 2.52%
99% confidence level those figures are +/- 3.32%

Either way "close enough."
 
Johnny Retro

Johnny Retro

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tnrtinr said:
Never taken a stats class? It takes a SMALL sample to accuratly poll a population. Of course it is not as accurate as a census; but it does the job.

Assuming the polling was truly random:
95% confidence level those figures are +/- 2.52%
99% confidence level those figures are +/- 3.32%

Either way "close enough."
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The probability of those people acuratly representing the entire US population has a greater margin of error than being correct.

Oh..and yes ive taken stat classes.
For all you know 80% of the people called live in rural areas. The education system in rural areas are not up to par with the rest of the country.
Theres to much margin for error, like i said before. Maybe you should start thinking for yourself..
 
Leothwyn

Leothwyn

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I got all three, though I didn't get the exact number on the ocean question (just in the acceptable range).

kronic1989 said:
I wont speak for dinosaurs knowing humanoids. I dont believe that they can tell how old shit is. they can just geuss. And if humans being such small boned creatures, dont you think over such a long time human bones could have turned back into what they once were?
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I think they're doing a bit more than guessing. Do you know anything about the science involved in dating things?
I think there's about a 60 million year gap between the time of dinosaurs and hominids. I have a hard time believing that humans were hanging around for 60 million years and left no evidence.
 
ANC

ANC

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Question 1 is a red herring as there are actualy fossils of human SHOE PRINTS!!! underneath dinousr prints... also there are the fossils of shells that were extinct 300 million years ago, crushed by a footprint.

I suggest you read Earths Forbidden Secrets, its available free online in PDF format.
 
Leothwyn

Leothwyn

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I thought that sounded a bit like a loch ness or bigfoot story...
I googled it, and the first thing that came up was http://paleo.cc/paluxy/nevada.htm

Here's the conclusion from the page:
Nothing close to rigorous documentation has been provided to support the "Nevada shoe print" claims. The print advocates have presumed that the missing portion of the object was very shoe-like in shape, whereas a number of other shapes are possible. They have not demonstrated that the supposed print was ever part of a striding sequence, or that it contains the detailed "stitching" features they assert. The present location of the object is unknown, impeding further study. Judging from the available photographs, the specimen is most likely a broken ironstone concretion, perhaps one that has suffered some erosion.

ANC said:
Question 1 is a red herring as there are actualy fossils of human SHOE PRINTS!!! underneath dinousr prints... also there are the fossils of shells that were extinct 300 million years ago, crushed by a footprint.

I suggest you read Earths Forbidden Secrets, its available free online in PDF format.
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