PSI Blog 20180418 Round Earth and Millennials
Lately I have been holding out hope that the younger
generation would be more receptive to Infinite Universe Theory than the
old-timers who grew up with the propaganda spread by the likes of Hawking and
deGrasse. Now I am not so sure.
Millennials (those between 18 and 24) have been in the news
lately, and not always in a good way. Here are the results from a survey asking
the question: “Is the Earth round?” Only 66% got it right, while 94% of those
over 55 got it right. Correct answers were a function of age. Agnosticism and
flat-Earth belief decreased with age. Thanks be to Jerry Coyne for this heads
up:
Much of the skepticism was associated with religious miseducation.
It looks like we have a long way to go, what with the deplorable state of
education in the USA. I guess if you accept religion without question and believe
Earth is flat, you also can believe the
entire universe exploded out of nothing.
On the other hand...
Look what group on Facebook has our biggest fans:
Now, if we only could get young women to be as curious about the universe as the young men...
On the other hand...
Look what group on Facebook has our biggest fans:
Now, if we only could get young women to be as curious about the universe as the young men...
1 comment:
Just in case you have some flat-Earth friends:
http://go.glennborchardt.com/antiflatEarth
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