Weren't most of those just general high school science sort of questions? I fit into the "some college" category, and none of those college classes were science other than a geography class. I found the quiz easy, and got them all correct.
So it is investigating whether or not the voters have enough background to understand the issues they are voting on.And I'm smart enough to cast an intelligent ballot, which I have to believe is a common characteristic of WeatherCat users around the world.
And I'm smart enough to cast an intelligent ballot, which I have to believe is a common characteristic of WeatherCat users around the world.
Also managed to get all 13 correct. Not sure if it because I'm an Alfa Romeo driver or a WeatherCat user. :)
Anyway... wasn't it Mark Twain who said "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
And Windows users can get 13/13 too ;)
Only 20% of people know we have a nitrogen atmosphere! :'(
It seems we Welsh are also quite clever, as I had a 100% correct. Now, whether this is because I am naturally brainy or because I drive a Dacia Duster 4x4, my wife would probably say the latter!!.
Would you Elegache like some of our rain? January - 280mm; February so far 73.6mm.
;) . . . Yeah, but you are cheatin' - what sort of car do you drive!?!?? . .Ford Mondeo Estate - boring!
Statistically speaking, since all out of 13 questions were really easy, shouldn't the graph be shaped like a hockey stick, with most folks skewed toward the high end of answers correct? Instead it was shaped like this, [bed]
Oh, gee, sorry Edouard. I had no idea!
I've simply resigned myself to the uncertainty of human intellectual capacity. I grew up thinking of myself as being below average without realizing that the average was much lower than I had thought. While as an adult of many years, I know I'm not that smart (I've met smart people. No comparison!), but I'm increasingly surprised at the number of people I meet who stand in awe of my greatness.
If I may say so, I think you have to realize that time is a lens that pulls focus on the human condition. We can't compare the humanity of the present with that of the past. The observational point of reference is too different. When today's human race is seen by tomorrow's observers, it will look entirely different than it does now. The complexity and therefore the beauty of humanity lies not so much in the divisions inherent in so many different cultures, occupations and economic standings but in the tapestry they weave together over time.
Does religious freedom and its open expression matter beyond one?s individual faith or particular religious persuasion?... I learned the importance of this question in a conversation 12 years ago with a Marxist economist from China who was nearing the end of a fellowship in Boston, where he had come to study two topics that were foreign to him: democracy and capitalism. I asked my friend if he had learned here anything on these topics that was surprising or unexpected. His response was immediate . . . : ?I had no idea how critical religion is to the functioning of democracy and capitalism.? . . .
? ?You can say the same for capitalism,? my friend continued. ?It works because Americans have been taught in their churches that they should keep their promises and not tell lies. An advanced economy cannot function if people cannot expect that when they sign contracts, the other people will voluntarily uphold their obligations. Capitalism works because most people voluntarily keep their promises.? . . . ?
? If we cannot find an objective basis for humans as transcending the animal world, then we are nothing more than hairless apes. Looking out upon the world - it is looking more and more like that each day. ?