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One in four Americans unaware that Earth circles Sun
- mschuster91 13y agoAnyone want more proof why creationism must be banned from schools and homeschooling has to be forbidden?
- lutusp 13y agoNot all homeschooling contributes to ignorance. It depends on the parents' reason for the choice to homeschool and their educational level. Creationism should certainly be excluded from science classrooms, for a simple reason -- it's not science.
- DonGateley 13y agoI wonder what they think the dynamics are? Do they just not have a clue or do they believe something that's incorrect?
- lutusp 13y agoPeople who don't know this, typically also don't have a mental picture of the solar system, so inconsistencies won't make an impression. A few years ago, some freshly minted Harvard graduates were asked what causes the seasons. The majority believed that the seasons are caused by the earth being closer to the sun in July. This idea would come as a shock to people living in Australia, where summertime peaks in January. It's just that many people don't think about these things, not that they necessarily have wildly distorted physical ideas.