Speaking of people believing silly things...

by EdHannigan Mar 18, 2010 7:11AM PDT

[url=
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/03/17/2010-03-17_survey_british_students_say_buzz_lightyear_luke_skywalker_first_men_on_moon.html]Buzz Lightyear, Luke Skywalker first men on moon, say British students

Buzz Lightyear was the first man on moon, and the Queen of England invented the telephone.

That's all according to a survey of 1,000 students in the United Kingdom, a majority of whom offered up some rather interesting views on historical events.

"While some findings raise a smile, it suggests that schoolchildren aren't tuned into our scientific heroes in the same way that they might be to sporting or music legends," said Dr. Pam Waddell, of Birmingham Science City, which developed the online survey conducted in early March.

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It is good to see that

by Mike_Hanks Mar 18, 2010 7:24AM PDT

America isn't the only nation with a failing school system !!!!

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You mean Britain is not part of America?

by EdHannigan Mar 18, 2010 7:45AM PDT

Who knew?!

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Part of Canada

by James Denison Mar 18, 2010 9:05AM PDT

That's why the queen goes there sometimes.

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And the Dalai Lama visits USA

by JP Bill Mar 18, 2010 10:57AM PDT

So USA is part of Tibet.

I'll also play your silly game.

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Actually ALL the world is part of Tibet ...

by Bill Osler Mar 18, 2010 11:44AM PDT

The Dalai Lama is One with Everything.

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bad link

by jonah jones Mar 19, 2010 1:59AM PDT

your link should be this

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jeez....4 to 16 yr olds.....

by jonah jones Mar 19, 2010 2:00AM PDT

A British Citizen

9:49:41 AM
this about sums it up

It's a wind-up....we Brits just love to take a rise out of pollsters In 2001 there was a campaign nationwide on the internet in the UK for everyone to register their religion as "Jedi Knight" on the Census which considerable numbers of people did.So much so that "Jedi Knight" was the Third most practised religion in the UK . As a result the 2011 Census will exclude asking about people's faith all together

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(NT) ROFL!!!

by James Denison Mar 19, 2010 2:05AM PDT

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They played the same trick twice and got away with it?

by EdHannigan Mar 19, 2010 6:27AM PDT

Seems unlikely. How did they coordinate such an elaborate ruse without the Birmingham Science City survey people finding out?

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RE: How did they coordinate such an elaborate ruse

by JP Bill Mar 19, 2010 6:45AM PDT

They did it once..why can't they do it again?

other possibilities are the Facebook, Twitter, My Space (a coordinated attack).

Another one is people are tired of Censuses, Surveys and they have a sense of humoUr (only available in the UK and Canada).

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Isn't there a Census going on in the US now?

by JP Bill Mar 19, 2010 6:55AM PDT

They just know what you/anyone tells them.

This is your chance to enter false info and fool the Government.

I seem to recall Henceforth I wish to be called African American....

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Of course...

by J. Vega Mar 19, 2010 1:07PM PDT

Of course, there is a possibility of trouble if you do that. U.S. Code says:
"Whoever, when answering questions described in subsection (a)
of this section, and under the conditions or circumstances
described in such subsection, willfully gives any answer that is
false, shall be fined not more than $500.".

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Not exactly true..

by EdHannigan Mar 19, 2010 7:20AM PDT

Just "kind of" true.

http://www.snopes.com/religion/jedi.asp

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Buzz Lightyear was the first man on moon

by MarkFlax Former Forum moderator Mar 19, 2010 10:54PM PDT

You mean, he wasn't??

Mark

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