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This can't be true 2014-01-10 01:31:17 Reply

Am I the only person deeply worried by the possibility of this being true?

This can't be true

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 01:33:17 Reply

It's probably true but I take those kind of facts with a grain of salt.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 01:33:38 Reply

At 1/10/14 01:31 AM, Xenomit wrote: Am I the only person deeply worried by the possibility of this being true?

Seeing that it's a picture on the internet, 110% true.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 01:34:55 Reply

At 1/10/14 01:33 AM, Grammar-Nazi wrote:
At 1/10/14 01:31 AM, Xenomit wrote: Am I the only person deeply worried by the possibility of this being true?
Seeing that it's a picture on the internet, 110% true.

http://www.omg-facts.com/Science/45-Of-Americans-Are-Unaware-That-The-Sun/1767

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 01:36:16 Reply

It's a sun you idiot, not a star. Sheesh.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 01:40:26 Reply

well omg-facts.com does sound like a p reputable source

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 01:41:43 Reply

At 1/10/14 01:40 AM, Entice wrote: well omg-facts.com does sound like a p reputable source

http://www.unrealfacts.com/45-of-americans-dont-know-the-sun-is-a-star/

They have sources

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 01:43:13 Reply

I dont know, lot of Americans are pretty dumb

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 01:45:10 Reply

What they never include with those kinds of facts is the phrase "amongst those polled," or something similar, let alone an accurate portrayal of the demographic(s) involved.

Fact: Most facts are inaccurate, ESPECIALLY ones which state something about X percentage of people.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 01:57:05 Reply

At 1/10/14 01:41 AM, Xenomit wrote:
At 1/10/14 01:40 AM, Entice wrote: well omg-facts.com does sound like a p reputable source
http://www.unrealfacts.com/45-of-americans-dont-know-the-sun-is-a-star/

They have sources

Both of those sources they have listed don't even have the survey of people answering if the sun is a star or not. They have a survey on both of those source sites that ask people what the sun revolves around, not if the sun is a star or not. I'm calling bullshit on this one. Case closed.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 01:58:52 Reply

At 1/10/14 01:57 AM, DeftonesFan665 wrote:

Both of those sources they have listed don't even have the survey of people answering if the sun is a star or not. They have a survey on both of those source sites that ask people what the sun revolves around, not if the sun is a star or not. I'm calling bullshit on this one. Case closed.

*what the Earth revolves around

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 02:10:05 Reply

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 02:16:23 Reply

i did a poll of everyone in my room right now and found that 100% of people have decided that they're not going to bother to finish this joke because they can't think of a good punchline.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 02:35:23 Reply

I did a poll of everyone on the BBS and I have concluded conclusively that my conclusion is that I can't be bothered to conclude a thing!

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 02:49:56 Reply

Something along those lines came up the other day for me and when I mentioned something about other star's solar systems, he just looked at me dumbfounded. I think he previously thought that our solar system was pretty fucking big.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 02:54:03 Reply

How about you do a little experiment?

Talk to 100 people.

ask them all to describe the sun, and document who they are and their answers.

Or someone in AMerica besides me do this lol.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 02:54:56 Reply

At 1/10/14 02:54 AM, DarkMatter wrote: How about you do a little experiment?

Talk to 100 people.

ask them all to describe the sun, and document who they are and their answers.

Or someone in AMerica besides me do this lol.

Why not just do it on the BB-

Oh. Nevermind.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 03:02:33 Reply

I blame the south.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 05:30:14 Reply

At 1/10/14 01:31 AM, Xenomit wrote: Am I the only person deeply worried by the possibility of this being true?

Nah, I'm not worried.

Not American.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 10:25:18 Reply

At 1/10/14 01:45 AM, Lagerkapo wrote: Fact: Most facts are inaccurate, ESPECIALLY ones which state something about X percentage of people.

It's a known fact that 95% of statistics are made up on the spot.
Especially the ones with percentages.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 10:28:30 Reply

The Sun is a star!? Holy shit! I didn't know that until just now!

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 10:35:02 Reply

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 10:40:55 Reply

At 1/10/14 01:31 AM, Xenomit wrote: Am I the only person deeply worried by the possibility of this being true?

People are so stupid.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 11:01:15 Reply

I once heard of a "fact" that over the half Americans don't know where USA is on the world map.
Yeah, those facts legit as fuck.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 11:29:38 Reply

At 1/10/14 01:31 AM, Xenomit wrote: Am I the only person deeply worried by the possibility of this being true?

Assuming it is, name one difference it will make in your life besides not being able to chat about astronomy with people.

The simple fact is that some people will never be happy, no matter how good their lives are.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 12:06:45 Reply

At 1/10/14 01:31 AM, Xenomit wrote: Am I the only person deeply worried by the possibility of this being true?

Did you know that > 45% Americans don't know that Sun is spelled with capital S?

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 13:15:56 Reply

At 1/10/14 01:31 AM, Xenomit wrote: Am I the only person deeply worried by the possibility of this being true?

Shit, at least I'm not an american.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 13:26:41 Reply

I hate surveys. And polls. They're so... Inaccurate.

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Response to This can't be true 2014-01-10 13:41:10 Reply

While ignorance is nothing to be proud of, I believe that sometimes we give too much credit to what we consider to be "common sense". This example being one in which most of you seem appalled by the idea that a lot of people don't know much about astronomy.

The question is... why do we expect them to?