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Yup. For the record, after writing this comment, I read the rest of the questions and either they're more clear cut, or I'm ignorant of the ways they may not be
by imh 8y ago
Yup. For the record, after writing this comment, I read the rest of the questions and either they're more clear cut, or I'm ignorant of the ways they may not be.
Here's the paper, which isn't linked from most journalists reporting on it: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-018-0520-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-018-0520-3
Google "sci-hub" if you want open access to it, using it's doi https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0520-3 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0520-3
Here's one of the surveys they used. It appears they all had the same science questions. https://osf.io/9gztf/ https://osf.io/9gztf/ (Study1 Survey.pdf)
Here are the questions:
The center of the earth is very hot: True
The oxygen we breathe comes from plants: True
Antibiotics kills viruses as well as bacteria: False
All radioactivity is man made: False
Almost all food energy for living organisms comes originally from sunlight: True
All insects have eight legs: False
The earth orbits the sun: True
Men and women normally have the same number of chromosomes: True
The continents have been moving their location for millions of years and will continue to move: True
Lasers work by focusing sound waves: False
Electrons are smaller than atoms: True
All plants and animals have DNA: True
Humans share a majority of their genes with chimpanzees: True
It is the father’s genes that decide whether the baby is a boy or a girl: True
- cperciva 8y agoElectrons are smaller than atoms: True This depends on what exactly you mean by "smaller than". My first thought is to consider the delocalized particle cloud, in which case this is false in the case of valence electrons.
- fipple 8y agoEarth orbits the sun is not true. They orbit each other around the barycenter of the system. Energy “originally” from sunlight even more “orginally” comes from the strong force. The antibiotic neomycin has been shown to have therapeutic effect against multiple viruses. It’s the father’s genes that decide whether the baby is a boy or a girl is not true if you are talking about “boy” and “girl” as self-determined gender identity rather than biological sex. Might have been clearer to frame this as male or female baby.
- Sohcahtoa82 8y agoThis type of pedantry is what gets you posted to /r/iamverysmart Yeah, we all know what's ACKCHYUALLY [0] true, but given the context and elementary wording of the questions, you know the correct answer. [0] https://i.imgur.com/jDBr2RI.png https://i.imgur.com/jDBr2RI.png
- gweinberg 8y agoI thought it was understood in this subthread we're playing a game. Yes, we all know what the intended correct answers are.
- aurelwu 8y ago"It is the father’s genes that decide whether the baby is a boy or a girl: True" that one seems a bit inaccurate as a father can have both daughters and sons while his DNA does not change. I know what they actually mean and how it works but their wording is a bit strange.
- gweinberg 8y agoWell, let's see: One could argue that, compared to the solar system average, the center of the earth is quite cold, since nearly all the mass is in the sun. The energy didn't originally come from the sun, it originally came from the big bang. Since wings are appendages of propulsion rather than manipulation, they should count as legs. Yeah, sure, that brings the total to 10 since they have 2 pairs of wings, but the question doesn't say exactly 8 legs, and something with 10 legs also has 8 legs. Earth only has the appearance of great age but it was actually created just 6000 years ago. If a single change in a gene makes it count as a different gene, it is not true that humans share a majority of genes with chimps. Chromosomes don't determine gender, self-identification does. Since in general is just a tool of patriarchal oppression.