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Sometimes I think these surveys only survey people between the age of 7-13. I know I'm probably ignorant
about something but some of these surveys makes me have to wonder how was the question frazed and who was asked.
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Originally Posted by Zen88
What comes from the cow that jumped over the moon? Rocket fuel?
I was in a conversation with an acquaintance once about raising backyard chickens for eggs. A friend of the acquaintance turned to me with a look of snobbish shock on her face (obviously think I was an idiot) and asked, "What the hell do chickens have to do with eggs?"
I just stared back, flabbergasted, and her friend got red in the face and tried to explain things to her while I walked away.
This story has been going around, usually in the form of "I overheard two women on a New York subway." Did this actually happen to you?
...A friend of the acquaintance turned to me with a look of snobbish shock on her face (obviously think I was an idiot) and asked, "What the hell do chickens have to do with eggs?"
This was just a newfangled management-strategy for resolving the question, of whether the chicken or the egg came first.
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Originally Posted by Unsettomati
Seven percent?
Frankly, I'm astonished that it's so low.
Exactly! First, given any set of questions, some percentage of the population will be flustered and confused. It's not even a matter of ignorance or ossified beliefs. Ask 100 people if 2+2 = 4 or 5, and chances are, that some percentage will answer "5". Second, there's always going to be some percentage of the populace that's woefully ignorant. It's not a consistent cohort... some people are ignorant of current-events, others of science, others of what might be termed common-sense. This 7% statistic is surprising... I would have expected it to be around 20%. Then again, what's the old adage - 78% of statistics are made up on the spot?
Agreed, I once had a 5 minute argument with an adult that it was biologically impossible for my twin sister and I to be identical. Not surprisingly I realized there was no point and just started shaking my head and nodding. I am also reminded.
Twins are not identical, cloned sheep are not either.
I'm trying to think of what class they would teach that? Maybe the city kids need a farm field trip.
It should be an ongoing science topic in early elementary school. Maybe it is a sign of the times, but my parents taught me general knowledge about animals before I even entered kindergarten. Of course the suburban town I lived in as a child had a handful of agricultural sites still in operation at that time. All but one of those are long gone now...replaced with condominium complexes and SFH cul-de-sacs.
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