UPDATE:
The voice on the documentary below, Kate Mulgrew, posted to facebook apologizing to people for being “misinformed” about the documentary.
Also, a handful of the astrophysicists have come forward explaining that they were tricked, too.
ORIGINAL: So, I came across this post today. In summation, there is a documentary that plans to explain why the sun revolves around the earth.
Yup. That’s a real thing. And in fact the “documentary” creator isn’t alone. Did you know that one in four Americans thinks the same? And as it turns out, roughly 20- to 25-percent of Americans lack what a lot of people dub “real-world” knowledge.
Other things that – roughly – 20- to 25-percent of Americans don’t understand:
19% of Americans don’t know which country from which the United States gained independence
18% of Americans think President Barack Obama is Muslim
28% of Americans believe Joe Paterno molested children
19% of Americans don’t know who Martin Luther King is
25% of Americans don’t know all five freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment
19% of Americans know that America once had a budget surplus
21% of Americans believe that aliens crashed in Roswell, New Mexico
20% of Americans think there is a link between vaccines and autism
28% of Americans think there is a thing called the “New World Order”
20% of Americans don’t know where Ukraine is on a map
25% is the percentage that Americans think identify themselves as gay. The actual number is about 3%
29% of Americans think that an armed revolt to protect our liberties could soon be warranted
So when I read that 23% don’t think global warming / climate change is real or when I learn that 25-percent of people think the sun revolves around the earth – pardon me for my lack of concern.
There will always be outliers. There will always be those who aren’t educated. Or choose not to be. The people who believe what they want to believe because it is more comfortable. That’s fine. The rest of us will continue to further scientific understanding.
