41% of Americans think dinosaurs and humans lived at same time

[Phony Moderate]

https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/ukwe10eses/tabs_OPI_jurassic_world_20150617.pdf

Lots of Palinites still around it would seem.

[WVdemocrat]

I'm more concerned by the fact that 20% of people have not seen any of the Jurassic Park movies.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

*Insert joke about The Flinstones here*

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

59% of americans haven't heard of john mccain? o.o

[Yelnoc]

We still do

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Yup, I had some grilled dinosaur in my lunch salad. Granted, I doubt if many of the 41% were thinking of birds as dinosaurs.

[DemPGH]

Yeah, you know, science (e.g., global warming) is manufactured by the "liberal media."

Seriously, though, that a large number of people are totally 100% illiterate scientifically in America is not news. Although, it is sobering.  

[pbrower2a]

Dinosaurs are our contemporaries.

[pbrower2a]

Yeah, you know, science (e.g., global warming) is manufactured by the "liberal media."

Seriously, though, that a large number of people are totally 100% illiterate scientifically in America is not news. Although, it is sobering.  

...and sickening.

[WVdemocrat]

Yeah, you know, science (e.g., global warming) is manufactured by the "liberal media."

Seriously, though, that a large number of people are totally 100% illiterate scientifically in America is not news. Although, it is sobering.  

...and sickening.

We live in a world where Ted Cruz is the head of the Senate subcommittee on Science and Space. Good times, good times....

Here's to hoping in the coming years we get politicians who actually know/care about this stuff.

[Mehmentum]

Perhaps some of these people are being pedantic and classifying birds as dinosaurs?  Still, that's way too high.  Though I'm not surprised.

[WVdemocrat]

Perhaps some of these people are being pedantic and classifying birds as dinosaurs?  Still, that's way too high.  Though I'm not surprised.

Not that many people know that birds are avian dinosaurs.

That might explain like >1%, but I would wager that most of those people are just idiots.

[afleitch]

That 40% figure has been the case for a while now. The USA (along with Turkey) always scores levels like this in comparison to other western nations.

[pbrower2a]

Example:

[Indy Texas]

That 40% figure has been the case for a while now. The USA (along with Turkey) always scores levels like this in comparison to other western nations.

Turkey is a western nation?

[Mr. Morden]

https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/ukwe10eses/tabs_OPI_jurassic_world_20150617.pdf

Lots of Palinites still around it would seem.

I'd say it's unclear how many of these folks are Biblical literalists vs. how many are just plain clueless about science.  There are lots of other polls questions out there (like this one) that also show scientific illiteracy in a way that probably doesn't have anything to do with religious fundamentalism.

[RFayette]

47% of blacks and 54% of Hispanics think humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time, so this is hardly just Palinites.

And I bet those folks aren't avid Ken Ham fans either.

[Adam Griffin]

Example:

Loving the "Perfect White" color, but it pales in comparison to the "Flesh of Christ" color.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

That 40% figure has been the case for a while now. The USA (along with Turkey) always scores levels like this in comparison to other western nations.

Turkey is a western nation?

Part of the WEOG UN group, NATO and OECD.

[dead0man]

47% of blacks and 54% of Hispanics think humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time, so this is hardly just Palinites.

Yeah, but you can't make fun of them for being stupid, only 'mericans.

[DC Al Fine]

https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/ukwe10eses/tabs_OPI_jurassic_world_20150617.pdf

Lots of Palinites still around it would seem.

I'd say it's unclear how many of these folks are Biblical literalists vs. how many are just plain clueless about science.  There are lots of other polls questions out there (like this one) that also show scientific illiteracy in a way that probably doesn't have anything to do with religious fundamentalism.

It's more indicative of general ignorance than anything else. High percentages of Americans routinely get similar questions wrong on subjects like math, history, personal finance etc.

[Torie]

Well, given this, it is hardly surprising. Our secondary school system in far too many instances, is a total fail. Who knew?

[TNF]

Not shocking, given that the education system in the U.S. is underfunded and under constant attack by corporate criminals and Christian fundamentalist lunatics alike.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

As has been said, we do.

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If the Dems automatically get 47%, this is the 41% that automatically goes to the GOP, plus the additional 6% that won't respond to the polls because polls are obviously used by the federal government to brainwash innocent American citizens and they know that.