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To: Lane3 who wrote (12068)	5/5/2002 12:30:43 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) of 21057

And of course there's the bit in there that only 50% of the public knew that it take the earth one year to orbit the sun (SAY WHAT???), that antibiotics do nor kill viruses (no wonder antibiotics are so overprescribed!), that electrons are smaller than atoms, and that dinosaurs and humans did not live at the same time. A majority of Americans (about 70 percent) lack a clear understanding of the scientific process. A recent illustration on this tread would be Karma. He just seemingly COULD NOT understand that his breezy extension of some laws of physics with very specific meaning could not be justified scientifically. Belief in pseudoscience, including astrology, extrasensory perception (ESP), and alien abductions, is relatively widespread and growing. For example, in response to the 2001 NSF survey, a sizable minority (41 percent) of the public said that astrology was at least somewhat scientific, and a solid majority (60 percent) agreed with the statement "some people possess psychic powers or ESP." What was the name of Carl Sagan's book along these lines? And how did you copy the text from that report? I can't seem to select the text.

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