On 8/6/13 1:53 PM, Rosemary Hemmett wrote:
<http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/>http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/
#2: electrons are *part* of atoms, but that doesn't mean
that they are *smaller* than atoms -- size is a rather loose
concept at sub-atomic scale.
#4: continents are moving, to be sure, but what in
expletive do they mean by "moving their locations"????
#12: phrased in a rather loaded way.
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I've seen most of these questions before, and have trouble
believing that this was a real scientific study.
Then I turned to the answers and thought: hey, I got every
one right --it was always obvious which answer they were
angling for-- so how could 7% of the sample do better?
Blush. After snarking about Question 12, I tabbed back to
the survey and clicked "next question" without selecting an
answer.
There's a lesson in there somewhere about carping and
caviling. <wanders off to look up "cavile">
<the verb is actually "cavil", so I should have written
"cavilling".>
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