1 in 4 Americans unaware that Earth circles Sun

[Acala]

What percentage of Americans are aware that the Earth ellipses the Sun?

You are spoiling the sacred geometry of the universe!!!

 

[Ronin Truth]

You are spoiling the sacred geometry of the universe!!!

I worship at the altar of the holy ellipse. Fibonacci vobiscum.

 

[green73]

What percentage of Americans are aware that the Earth ellipses the Sun?

Knowitall

 

[Occam's Banana]

What percentage of Americans are aware that the Earth ellipses the Sun?

What percentage of Americans are aware that the Earth doesn't even really "ellipse" the sun, but - due to apsidal precession - actually "flower petals" the sun ...

 

[green73]

What percentage of Americans are aware that the Earth doesn't even really "ellipse" the sun, but - due to apsidal precession - actually "flower petals" the sun ...

Ultimate knowitall

 

[Ronin Truth]

Knowitall

Apparently not.

What percentage of Americans are aware that the Earth doesn't even really "ellipse" the sun, but - due to apsidal precession - actually "flower petals" the sun ...

 

[Occam's Banana]

Ultimate knowitall

 

[green73]

What percentage of Americans are aware that the Earth doesn't even really "ellipse" the sun, but - due to apsidal precession - actually "flower petals" the sun ...

I've speculated that the multiverse is "flower petal" in its basic structure--also double helix in three dimensions. If true, it's another remarkable example of how shapes repeat themselves in varying bodies and systems (e.g disks, spirals, etc.).

 

[Ronin Truth]

I've speculated that the multiverse is "flower petal" in its basic structure--also double helix in three dimensions. If true, it's another remarkable example of how shapes repeat themselves in varying bodies and systems (e.g disks, spirals, etc.).

Holy Fractals, Batman!!!

 

[green73]

Holy Fractals, Batman!!!

Stairway to heaven is not just a song.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

A scientific theory is like the heavyweight champion of the world - it can only claim the title of truth until some inconvenient fact knocks it out of the ring. But the longer it stays in the ring, taking on all comers, the more of a bad ass it is seen to be. The theory of the origin of species by natural selection is the BIGGEST bad ass in the biological science.

Or, it's the most corrupted and establishment over-protected concept of the last century, that stays on top mainly because it suppresses its most serious contender, intelligent design, from ever entering the ring. To call it a theory is generous, as that implies it can be replicated or observed as per the scientific method, which it can't. So not only isn't it a real fighter, we can't even watch the fights.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Critics point to the fact that American school districts rely heavily on property taxes for their funding, which means schools in affluent areas get more money than those in middle and poor ones. Tax money to fill the void fails to make ends meet in school districts where poverty levels are greatest.

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In almost every state, the amount of money spent per pupil has more than doubled in the last 40 years, according to a new report. States spent an average of $4,221 per student in the 1969-1970 school year, in 2010 dollars. That number jumped to $10,643 in the 2009-2010 school year.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ts-in-some-states-get-more-money-than-others/

 

[libertyjam]

Holy Fractals, Batman!!!

How many of you know that all the depictions of the elliptical orbit of the earth are so distorted from reality as to be near fantasy? Viewed proportionately, it would be hard for the average human to tell the difference between a pure circle and the earths orbit.
The Earth’s orbit has an eccentricity of less than 0.02 (.0167).

 

[Ronin Truth]

What percentage of Americans are aware that the Sun DOESN'T rise and set? (One of the late Buckminster Fuller's minor pet peeves)

 

[Acala]

Or, it's the most corrupted and establishment over-protected concept of the last century, that stays on top mainly because it suppresses its most serious contender, intelligent design, from ever entering the ring. To call it a theory is generous, as that implies it can be replicated or observed as per the scientific method, which it can't. So not only isn't it a real fighter, we can't even watch the fights.

I wouldn't argue with the idea that government involvement has seriously distorted and hampered scientific inquiry.

However, speciation through natural selection can certainly be expressed as a proper (in Karl Popper's view) scientific statement: "The differentiation among life forms into species occurs only as a result of the interplay of random mutation and successful reproduction over long periods of time." Or something along those lines. This is a proper scientific statement because it can be falsified by producing an example of speciation by another mechanism. I am not aware of anyone producing such evidence.

Can you form intelligent design into a proper, falsifiable scientific statement? (I am not suggesting that you can't, but figure it is fair to let you try first rather than doing it myself)

edit: one of the reasons I don't think folks should be trying to compete with natural selection on a scientific basis is that proper science is about developing models and then holding them up to falsification. I don't think religions operate that way and shouldn't try.

 

[Acala]

How many of you know that all the depictions of the elliptical orbit of the earth are so distorted from reality as to be near fantasy? Viewed proportionately, it would be hard for the average human to tell the difference between a pure circle and the earths orbit.
The Earth’s orbit has an eccentricity of less than 0.02 (.0167).

Which makes Kepler's work all the more remarkable.

 

[Ronin Truth]

Which makes Kepler's work all the more remarkable.

Perhaps the Anunnaki left some cuneiform astro-physics notes.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Which makes Kepler's work all the more remarkable.

Perhaps the Anunnaki left some cuneiform astro-physics notes.

Actually, it was just a Dane with a fake nose ...

 

[heavenlyboy34]

How many of you know that all the depictions of the elliptical orbit of the earth are so distorted from reality as to be near fantasy? Viewed proportionately, it would be hard for the average human to tell the difference between a pure circle and the earths orbit.
The Earth’s orbit has an eccentricity of less than 0.02 (.0167).

I knew this. I just didn't know the exact eccentricity. Thnx. ~hugs~

 

[AgentOrange]

A lot of people either aren't questioning what they are being asked about, or blindly go with whatever Obama is claimed to support, or aren't taking being polled seriously.

This. I think a lot of people don't take polls seriously (I can remember a few of my fellow students in high school who would just randomly fill in the dots on the achievement test, so they could be the first ones done and put their heads down on the desk and nap for the rest of the hour.) I suspect also, with a question that dumb, that a lot of people would think it would be funny to give the wrong answer. I have to admit, I would be tempted to give a wrong answer sarcastically if asked a question that dumb, only the poller probably wouldn't catch the sarcasm and just mark me down as someone who didn't know the answer.