Official Derailed thread... Wait, what?

This is what they're actually quoting: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind14/index.cfm/overview

The NPR article talking about the same thing had a reference pointing to chapter 7, which deals with Science and Technology topics.

I couldn't find this through a quick Google search. I had to find the NPR article and then go through their references.

BTW I didn't see the part about the Earth and Sun, just the evolution bit. As far as I can tell, the news person just made the Earth and Sun shit up.

Some interesting clips. The underlining and brackets are from me.

• A survey experiment showed that 48% of respondents said they thought it was true that “human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals,” but 72% gave this response when the same statement was prefaced by “according to the theory of evolution.” Similarly, 39% of respondents said that “the universe began with a huge explosion,” but 60% gave this response when the statement was prefaced by “according to astronomers.”

• About 4 in 10 Americans cited the Internet as their primary source of S&T information in 2012 compared with about one-third in 2010. The percentage of Americans saying they relied on television as their primary source of S&T information dropped between 2010 and 2012.

• In 2012, slightly more than half of Americans said that astrology was “not at all scientific,” whereas nearly two-thirds gave this response in 2010. The comparable percentage has not been this low since 1983.

• Less than half of Americans say they have an “excellent” or “good” understanding of what scientists and engineers do at work. Americans say they have a better understanding of engineers’ work than scientists’ work.

• Most Americans see scientists and engineers as “dedicated people who work for the good of humanity.”

• Americans are more likely than residents of other countries to say they believe that any apparent change in temperatures is the result of natural rather than man-made causes.

• About 3 in 10 Americans say that “dealing with global warming” should be a priority for the president and Congress. In recent years, dealing with climate issues has been near the bottom of Americans’ list of potential priorities.

• In 2010, about one-quarter of U.S. respondents said that [genetic crop] modification could be “very” or “extremely dangerous.” Belgium was the only country where residents saw less danger.

• In 2013, 6 in 10 of Americans saw using stem cells from human embryos as acceptable. This percentage has stayed relatively stable since 2005.

FACT CHECKING FTW!

 

>astrology
>not science

Wizard is disgusted with you

 

It was not made up...

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind14/content/chapter-7/chapter-7.pdf

You have to actually read the report... your fact checking-fu is weak young one.
To be fair, we are not the WORST...

Page 7-23

Spoiler

 

Its still depressing on many other levels.

And BTW

 

Your reply matches your avatar well.

 

I always take losing with grace and style.

 

SCIENCE! helping us out with our tentacle problems. http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/...mit-solving-hard-problems-soft?src=SOC&dom=fb

 

I found Dihm's bookends... provided he actually owns books.

 

It goes from good to great to epic so quickly.

...that's what she said.