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Extra! Extra!! Russians...
February 14, 2011 at 11:36 am
just as stupid as Americans!
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre71a5...n-science/
Quote:MOSCOW, Feb. 11, 2011 (Reuters) — Does the sun revolve around the Earth? One in every three Russians thinks so, a spokeswoman for state pollster VsTIOM said on Friday.
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RE: Extra! Extra!! Russians...
February 14, 2011 at 12:41 pm
(February 14, 2011 at 11:36 am)Minimalist Wrote: just as stupid as Americans!
Quote:MOSCOW, Feb. 11, 2011 (Reuters) — Does the sun revolve around the Earth? One in every three Russians thinks so, a spokeswoman for state pollster VsTIOM said on Friday.
Wow that's almost stupider than Americans, how incredibly sad 
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RE: Extra! Extra!! Russians...
February 14, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Stupidity is not bound by any human borders. Damn Russians always trying to beat the US 
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RE: Extra! Extra!! Russians...
February 14, 2011 at 6:17 pm
(This post was last modified: February 14, 2011 at 6:30 pm by Anomalocaris.)
How is believing the sun to be revolving around the earth any more stupid than believing the earth was created 6000 years ago?
(February 14, 2011 at 12:41 pm)OnlyNatural Wrote: (February 14, 2011 at 11:36 am)Minimalist Wrote: just as stupid as Americans!
Quote:MOSCOW, Feb. 11, 2011 (Reuters) — Does the sun revolve around the Earth? One in every three Russians thinks so, a spokeswoman for state pollster VsTIOM said on Friday.
Wow that's almost stupider than Americans, how incredibly sad
No, it's not. More than one in three Americans believe the earth was created 6000 years ago.
The difference is in Russia, the population as a whole is at least adaquate to the task of letting mass media hold up prevelance of belief in things like geocentric cosmology and creationism as evidence of the society's inadaquate scientific literacy and need for improvement. But in the US, even this minimum level of adaquacy is not present and no mass media dare call out the creationists for the society disgracing ignoramus that they are.
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RE: Extra! Extra!! Russians...
February 14, 2011 at 6:41 pm
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February 14, 2011 at 10:18 pm
Good for russians! In Turkey, we have 60 percent(maybe more) of people who thinks that evolution has been debunked years ago.. Humans are way too overrated..
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RE: Extra! Extra!! Russians...
February 15, 2011 at 5:23 am
(February 14, 2011 at 10:18 pm)annatar Wrote: Good for russians! In Turkey, we have 60 percent(maybe more) of people who thinks that evolution has been debunked years ago.. Humans are way too overrated..
Really!
Could you post the debunking, or does it in fact not exist(as I suspect).
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RE: Extra! Extra!! Russians...
February 15, 2011 at 3:53 pm
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(February 14, 2011 at 6:17 pm)Chuck Wrote: How is believing the sun to be revolving around the earth any more stupid than believing the earth was created 6000 years ago?
The difference is in Russia, the population as a whole is at least adaquate to the task of letting mass media hold up prevelance of belief in things like geocentric cosmology and creationism as evidence of the society's inadaquate scientific literacy and need for improvement. But in the US, even this minimum level of adaquacy is not present and no mass media dare call out the creationists for the society disgracing ignoramus that they are.
You're right, my bad. I wonder what it would take in the US for the media to start bringing issues of inadequate scientific literacy and creationism to light. I don't see it happening any time soon.
Also, do you think creationism generally goes hand-in-hand with geocentric ideas? I've met creationists who at least were aware that the Earth revolved around the Sun, and even acknowledged the solar system. But of course they thought it was all 'put there' by God just the way it is. I guess there's just different degrees of stupidity, people always picking and choosing what they want to believe.
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RE: Extra! Extra!! Russians...
February 15, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Hey, give the Russians a break. They have a lot of catching up to do. They were very busy with non-education type stuff during the 20th century. You know, like genocide and communism.
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RE: Extra! Extra!! Russians...
February 15, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Seems as if they have embraced stupidity with a Tea-Partyish enthusiasm.
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