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11-23-2005, 11:30 PM
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Re: How many people do you think are unaware of basic physics/chemistr
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[ QUOTE ] I'd say pretty much everyone who didn't take these classes beyond a high school level. And I think most non-science majors don't have to take any of these classes in college. So in short, pretty much everyone [/ QUOTE ] But concerning the existence of atoms? Come on, this is middle school science. I think most americans could tell you what an atom is. Hell, i bet you could grab most bums (when sober) ask them what an atom is and they would tell you "its that really small [censored] that everything is made of." [/ QUOTE ] True. The kind of people who wouldn't know what an atom is, at least in America, would probably be limited to the kind of people who think Europe is a country, or don't know if Mexico is more or less north of the equator than the U.S. is. 
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#42
11-23-2005, 11:32 PM
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Re: How many people do you think are unaware of basic physics/chemistr
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[ QUOTE ] I'm always amazed when people don't understand simple geography, much less simple physics. I have friends who couldn't find Florida on a map! And thoese idiots Jay Leno talks to on the street - the ones who don't know if the sun revolves around the earth or is it the other way around! Drives me batty. [/ QUOTE ] Last weekend I said that Wisconson was a city, not a state. I had been drinking but not too much. I That whole section of the US is a gray area to me. I can barely identify any manhattan bridges other than the GWB. For a long time I didn't know the difference between the lincoln and holland tunnel (holland is downtown, right?) I consider everything from yonkers to buffalo to be "upstate" and all part of one area. [/ QUOTE ] http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/
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#44
11-24-2005, 01:40 AM
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Re: How many people do you think are unaware of basic physics/chemistr
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[ QUOTE ] amongst major world leaders, i'd expect the answer to be somewhere north of 98% and that's just "general concepts of physics and or chemistry," not stretching to theory of relativity or anything. [/ QUOTE ] hmmm....who could be in that 2%? hmmm...  nevermind, i figured it out. [/ QUOTE ] the post you replied too stated that 98% of world leaders didn't understand most conepts of physics and chemistry. Your reply implied that you believed President George Bush to be among the 2% who do understand those concepts/ If that was not your intention then you are a moron for two reasons. A. for trying to make this a political discussion in OOT and B. for actually complimenting the man you were trying to insult.
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#45
11-24-2005, 01:43 AM
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Re: How many people do you think are unaware of basic physics/chemistr
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I'm always amazed when people don't understand simple geography, much less simple physics. I have friends who couldn't find Florida on a map! And thoese idiots Jay Leno talks to on the street - the ones who don't know if the sun revolves around the earth or is it the other way around! Drives me batty. [/ QUOTE ] I was skimming along wondering if anybody would mention the Jaywalking segments. Thanks for not letting me down, Doc.
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#46
11-24-2005, 01:52 AM
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Re: How many people do you think are unaware of basic physics/chemistr
Whenever I think of how much the ignorance of the average person bugs me, I look at the car they payed for, and go to the school they pay for, and it doesnt bother me so much anymmore.
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#48
11-24-2005, 04:37 AM
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Screw physics. How many are unaware of the implications of exponential growth? Just about everyone... [/ QUOTE ] Yah, physics is for geeks. Cybernetics is where all the cool kids are at.
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#49
11-24-2005, 05:11 AM
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Re: How many people do you think are unaware of basic physics/chemistr
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the post you replied too stated that 98% of world leaders didn't understand most conepts of physics and chemistry. Your reply implied that you believed President George Bush to be among the 2% who do understand those concepts/ If that was not your intention then you are a moron for two reasons. A. for trying to make this a political discussion in OOT and B. for actually complimenting the man you were trying to insult. [/ QUOTE ] i misread it, calm down.
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