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I was doing research on science literacy and came across a test from the National Science Foundation. It had a bunch of questions like these:
● Does the Sun go around the Earth or does the Earth go around the Sun?
● Radioactive milk can be made safe by boiling it. (True/False)
● Which is smaller, an electron or an atom?
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind04/graphics/fig07-06.gif
Well I took their test and and got 60% right, which is nearly half. That made me feel smart, so I went looking for another test in hopes that I would feel even smarter.
Unfortunately, I found one:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/25/1077648/-Test-Your-Science-Literacy#
Cracking open this new test, I was like: HUH? I thought this was supposed to be about science! So what’s with all the nonsense words?
Gluons?
Dwarf Stars?
Telomeres?
Dude . . . whuddafuq?? This is science? How come nobody told me?
What a nightmare! It was like I was back in high school, flunking out of Geonometry all over again.
God damn you, Alfred Einstein!
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