Wirt,

Did the 21 of 23 Havard Graduates go to Public
(government) Schools, if so, I am not surprised by the
results.

-Craig

--- Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Kim writes:
>
> > hmmmm I see nothing amiss here.....
> >
> >  remember more people believe the "creation" view
> of life, than the
> >  "evolution' view.  This per the San Jose
> newspaper.....
>
> It's important to understand that coming to a proper
> representation of the
> way the world works has never been a matter of
> public opinion or democratic
> voting. In a trial to determine the level of
> scientific education in the
> general populace, a few years ago the Annenberg/CPB
> project interviewed 23
> randomly selected graduates, alumni and faculty at a
> Harvard graduation
> ceremony.
>
> Twenty-one of the 23 people interviewed completely
> misrepresented the correct
> answer to two simple astronomy questions: why does
> the moon have phases? and
> why does it get colder in the winter?, while several
> of them boasted about
> the extent of their science education. Most said
> that the earth got colder in
> the winter because it moved away from the sun.
>
> Presumably these are among the best educated people
> in the United States.
> Given these numbers, you can hardly imagine that
> most people would not
> believe in special creation, ufo's, and witchcraft
> -- or any other odd thing
> that they were told as a child.
>
> Wirt Atmar
>
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