[mercurial]

I simply refuse to believe that. The notion that a quarter of the people supposed to vote in the ruler of the most powerful nation can't wrap their head around the most basic of scientific facts is too depressing to contemplate.

[PhasmaFelis]

Note that the USA scored better than most of the rest of the world in this and several other basic science questions. The actual result is "humans aren't well-educated"; it's being cynically spun as "Americans are stupid."

[mercurial]

I'm not sure that makes me much happier.

[PhasmaFelis]

Nor should it, but you need to understand the scope of the problem before you can address it. The original headline invites millions of people to say "haha, look at those stupid Americans, they sure are stupid" and continue ignoring the problems in their own nations. We can do better than that kind of bullshit tribalism.

[mercurial]

I hope we can do better in terms of education too, but yeah, look at these stupid X is a common tabloid tactic. We should be better than that.

[sliverstorm]

Ironically, this is probably exactly how that quarter of the population feels about the notion that the Earth orbits the sun.