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I disagree. The questions are worded in a way that leads the reader to think the second question is about the first question's second clause. The issue here is
by kortex 6y ago
I disagree. The questions are worded in a way that leads the reader to think the second question is about the first question's second clause. The issue here is people not reading carefully - if the blog is reporting the poll correctly.
There is no reference to the actual poll, so it's not clear what the actual structure of the poll is.
- contravariant 6y agoThough even if they understood it as 'using the geocentric model, how long does it take for the sun to go around the earth?' their answer would be wrong. That said the reason to prefer a model where the Earth is stationary but rotating over a model where the Earth is both stationary and non-rotating (but everything else is) is somewhat technical and not something I would expect everyone to get correct (though it's technically high-school level physics). Perhaps the main reason people would answer questions like that wrong is that frankly the most useful model for day to day activities is one where the Earth is completely immobile.