Quiz: Are You Scientifically Literate?

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Christian Science Monitor: You may have an opinion on climate change, evolution education, stem-cell research and science funding. But do you have the facts to back up your opinion? This 50-question quiz will test your basic scientific literacy.

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" In 1989, the US postal service drew criticism from paleontologists for releasing a stamp with what obsolete genus name, which translates from Greek as "Thunder Lizard"?"

how does this question mean you are scientifically literate... maybe literate about the dorky world of stamp collecting.

#1 | Posted by klifferd at 2012-02-23 08:55 AM | Reply | Flag:

54%, about as well as I did in Chemistry. Thank goodness there were some historical connections or I'd have been adrift on the Sea of Methane.

We have some scientific heavy hitters here on the DR, and I have a feeling not many of them are climate change deniers.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2012-02-23 08:55 AM | Reply | Flag:

"stamp collecting."

Or, maybe, dinosaurs?

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2012-02-23 08:56 AM | Reply | Flag:

how does this question mean you are scientifically literate... maybe literate about the dorky world of stamp collecting.

#1 | Posted by klifferd

Did you get it right?

#4 | Posted by ZOT at 2012-02-23 09:08 AM | Reply | Flag:

86%. AGW is still a scam.

#5 | Posted by MUSTANG at 2012-02-23 09:43 AM | Reply | Flag:

God I hate those CS tests- they need to put a flash feature in their or something so I don't have 100 page loads.

#6 | Posted by adammm at 2012-02-23 09:51 AM | Reply | Flag:

amen adamm I am still working on it cause I am in the bottom corner of my house right now and my wi-fi sucks here. It is right next to the coffee maker though.

#7 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2012-02-23 09:57 AM | Reply | Flag:

We have some scientific heavy hitters here on the DR, and I have a feeling not many of them are climate change deniers.

#2 | POSTED BY DOC_SARVIS AT 2012-02-23 08:55 AM

ROTFLMAO

#8 | Posted by glasshouse at 2012-02-23 10:04 AM | Reply | Flag:

how does this question mean you are scientifically literate... maybe literate about the dorky world of stamp collecting.
#1 | Posted by klifferd

They gave the answer away by using the term "obsolete genus". There is only one that is not still in use.

#9 | Posted by hagbard_celine at 2012-02-23 10:09 AM | Reply | Flag:

We have some scientific heavy hitters here on the DR, and I have a feeling not many of them are climate change deniers.
#2 | POSTED BY DOC_SARVIS AT 2012-02-23 08:55 AM

ROTFLMAO
#8 | Posted by glasshouse

Name four scientific heavy hitters on the DR who are climate change deniers, AssHouse.

#10 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2012-02-23 10:14 AM | Reply | Flag:

Self-nominations accepted, AssHouse, although roundly (and deservedly) ridiculed.

#11 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2012-02-23 10:15 AM | Reply | Flag:

Dammit! Were was the question about the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

#12 | Posted by SHEEPLESHEPERD at 2012-02-23 10:17 AM | Reply | Flag:

78% Climate change is a fucking scam

#13 | Posted by glasshouse at 2012-02-23 10:18 AM | Reply | Flag:

94%

www.csmonitor.com

Not bad. Guessed a little on the calculation of a Newton acting on a 200g object question.

Wasn't sure of the question regarding the ohm, the question regarding the mathematical constant e, the Fahrenheit/Celsius scale question, and the Bernoulli's Principle question.

#14 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 10:20 AM | Reply | Flag:

#13 | Posted by glasshouse at 2012-02-23 10:18 AM | Reply | Flag:

Gassy, I can't help but find it suspect that you don't link to your results. I wouldn't fault anyone for doubting your 78% claim.

#15 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 10:21 AM | Reply | Flag:

2%, but I guessed on question 4. -AmericanUnity

#16 | Posted by wisgod at 2012-02-23 10:22 AM | Reply | Flag:

God I hate those CS tests- they need to put a flash feature in their or something so I don't have 100 page loads.

#6 | Posted by adammm at 2012-02-23 09:51 AM | Reply | Flag:

If you have 100 page loads... you might want to change your diet. I hear Axe is an expert on loads... he might be able to help you.

#17 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 10:26 AM | Reply | Flag:

"We have some scientific heavy hitters here on the DR, and I have a feeling not many of them are climate change deniers."

Wow, Doc...I didn't realize you got "a feeling" up your leg over "scientific heavy hitters" AND the Great Community Organizer. For clarification, however, don't you realize that nobody denies "climate change?" The world's climate has changed many, many times over the eons. We "deniers" just deny that man is the major factor. Perhaps the world is beginning to come to the realization that the religion of Global Warming and "Greenism" is a false religion. That's not to say that we deniers are opposed to cleaning up and protecting the Earth's environment, it's just that we don't want our little "progressive" pals forcing their extreme religion upon us and making everyone drive a Volt produced by Government Motors.

sayanythingblog.com

www.washingtontimes.com

#18 | Posted by jestgettinalong at 2012-02-23 10:35 AM | Reply | Flag:

I went 3 for 5 out of 50 and had to stop due to how slow that site is.

#19 | Posted by kanrei at 2012-02-23 10:37 AM | Reply | Flag:

I AM surprised that they didn't have a Verizon FiOS ad in the banner next to the quiz.

#20 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 10:44 AM | Reply | Flag:

#15 | POSTED BY EXPSREDEMPTION AT 2012-02-23 10:21 AM

Like I give a fuck what you think.

#21 | Posted by glasshouse at 2012-02-23 10:46 AM | Reply | Flag:

Name four scientific heavy hitters on the DR who are climate change deniers, AssHouse.
#10 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis

#22 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2012-02-23 10:48 AM | Reply | Flag:

74%.

Anyone else find it hilarious that Mustang and AssHouse think getting high marks on a quiz of very basic scientific factoids makes them scientific 'heavy hitters?'

roooofl

#23 | Posted by LIVE_OR_DIE at 2012-02-23 10:56 AM | Reply | Flag:

I went 3 for 5 out of 50 and had to stop due to how slow that site is.

#19 | Posted by kanrei at 2012-02-23 10:37 AM

Yeah, the CS Monitor needs to offer up a quiz to their web designers.

"Are you computer literate?"

#24 | Posted by LIVE_OR_DIE at 2012-02-23 10:59 AM | Reply | Flag:

Composing about 78 percent of the air at sea level, what is the most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere?

CO2
-Zatoichi

#25 | Posted by Ray at 2012-02-23 10:59 AM | Reply | Flag:

Wow, Doc...I didn't realize you got "a feeling" up your leg over "scientific heavy hitters"
#18 | Posted by jestgettinalong

I don't. But I do find myself inclined to give additional weight to statements people who actually know something about a subject make about that subject.

That's why I'm all ears when you comment on motor oil viscosity, poaching - animals, not eggs - cuisine derived from spending endless hours pursuing small varmints - that's one you and your party's eventual nominee have in common - and place setting arrangements at NRA fried wildlife and bourbon-and-beer infused banquets.

#26 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2012-02-23 11:00 AM | Reply | Flag:

86%. AGW is still a scam.

And you are still an idiot.

#27 | Posted by Dr_Icepick at 2012-02-23 11:06 AM | Reply | Flag:

"...and place setting arrangements at NRA fried wildlife and bourbon-and-beer infused banquets."

Corn liquor-and beer, Doc, not bourbon. Bourbon and scotch is fer edumacated guys. You is jus dum or igorant not to no we jus" hangs on to our guns and relijun." Dont you member whut yer messia said?

#28 | Posted by jestgettinalong at 2012-02-23 11:09 AM | Reply | Flag:

74%.
Anyone else find it hilarious that Mustang and AssHouse think getting high marks on a quiz of very basic scientific factoids makes them scientific 'heavy hitters?'
roooofl

#23 | POSTED BY LIVE_OR_DIE

Anyone think it's hilarious that LOD thinks I believe I'm a scientific heavy hitter because I posted my score? LOD, you're concluding that because my post followed Doc's post, it was a retort. That same failure to correctly recognize uncorrelated events is what has led the AGW crowd to ignore millenia of non-CO2 related climatic shifts in their zeal to blame humanity.

#29 | Posted by MUSTANG at 2012-02-23 11:14 AM | Reply | Flag:

100%

All conservatives are racist or stupid, or both.

#30 | Posted by DARTHCHENEY at 2012-02-23 11:16 AM | Reply | Flag:

Anyone think it's hilarious that LOD thinks I believe I'm a scientific heavy hitter because I posted my score? LOD, you're concluding that because my post followed Doc's post, it was a retort.

#29 | Posted by MUSTANG at 2012-02-23 11:14 AM

Riiiiight...

We have some scientific heavy hitters here on the DR, and I have a feeling not many of them are climate change deniers.
#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2012-02-23 08:55 AM

...followed by...

86%. AGW is still a scam.

Why are you shucking and jiving?

#31 | Posted by LIVE_OR_DIE at 2012-02-23 11:20 AM | Reply | Flag:

#30 | Posted by DARTHCHENEY

The heaviest of the "scientific heavy hitters" checks in.

#32 | Posted by jestgettinalong at 2012-02-23 11:27 AM | Reply | Flag:

26 out of 50. Not good at all. Mr. Yowell, the angry Vietnam vet who taught me seventh grade science at Pauline G. Hughes middle school in Burleson, Tx., would be ashamed.

#33 | Posted by rcade at 2012-02-23 11:32 AM | Reply | Flag:

That same failure to correctly recognize uncorrelated events is what has led the AGW crowd to ignore millenia of non-CO2 related climatic shifts in their zeal to blame humanity.

What you describe as the "AGW crowd" is climate scientists. Around 98 percent of them believe that human actions are warming the planet. But why take that seriously? They're just scientists. Let's listen to the politicians and the industry-funded think tanks instead.

#34 | Posted by rcade at 2012-02-23 11:34 AM | Reply | Flag:

"Quiz: Are You Scientifically Literate?

i got the first six right. then i took a huge bong hit and suddenly remembered i was supposed to go down to the store asap and buy their last two boxes of twinkies. when i got back, twinkie lard was covered my hands so it became hard for me to use my mouse without slippage. so i got a few wrong and then quit. but i am a member of mensa so it shouldn't be hard for me so i didn't really care. but then again, i'm only a member of mensa because i'm a legacy-- my brother fred ('59) was in mensa so i automatically became a member.

#35 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2012-02-23 11:38 AM | Reply | Flag:

26 out of 50. Not good at all. Mr. Yowell, the angry Vietnam vet who taught me seventh grade science at Pauline G. Hughes middle school in Burleson, Tx., would be ashamed.

#33 | Posted by rcade at 2012-02-23 11:32 AM | Reply | Flag:

That is funny. I still remember my 7th grade History text author because the teacher, Mr. Burns (His name was actually Richard "Dick" Burns comically enough) would make sure we always remembered the name of the author, Burton F. Beers.

I had an economics teacher that would ride his bike to the bar, got drunk one night, fell and broke his arm riding home from the bar on his bike. He did not run an opportunity cost analysis that evening before leaving the house.

#36 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 11:38 AM | Reply | Flag:

I'm a scientific heavy hitter. The Sultan of Science. I just don't do good on tests.

No citation necessary.

#37 | Posted by BradfordWinston at 2012-02-23 11:40 AM | Reply | Flag:

Most of the Rtards here would be really stretching to come up with an answer as clever as "its turtles all the way down". Most of them would never stress their neurons even that far.

Makes sense they are GW deniers.

#38 | Posted by axe at 2012-02-23 11:45 AM | Reply | Flag:

#35 | Posted by NerfHerder

The old twinkie defense. Good for ya if you can get away with it. No, but seriously that guy killed himself when he got out of prison.

Just sayin'.

#39 | Posted by Jay at 2012-02-23 11:46 AM | Reply | Flag:

4 out of 10 correct. Pretty lame. Question #8 is a trick. Pluto is not a planet. It is technically now a Kuiper belt object. To be nice they call it a sub-planet.

Fuck!

#40 | Posted by justanoversight at 2012-02-23 11:54 AM | Reply | Flag:

#36 | POSTED BY EXPSREDEMPTION

I had a history teacher in 10th grade (Mr. White, Winston Churchill H.S.) who was sans right arm. Car accident. It was odd.

#41 | Posted by justanoversight at 2012-02-23 11:57 AM | Reply | Flag:

I know some people here who would have
answered #21 with "embryo".
:)

#42 | Posted by Bellatrix at 2012-02-23 12:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hard to forget that name. I wish I'd kept in touch with more of my old teachers. Some of them were, in hindsight, a lot more interesting than I knew at the time.

Mr. Yowell, who had the authority to paddle students back then in the early '80s, once mistakenly thought I was talking in class and roared at me. I almost soiled myself in terror.

#43 | Posted by rcade at 2012-02-23 12:06 PM | Reply | Flag:

It is hard to stay in touch, especially when you move a distance away.

It is strange to see how really interesting the teachers are. I remember my German teacher letting us watch Schindler's List in class and other such non-allowances.

#44 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 12:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

In fact, he even allowed the members in the class to play the after prom party video that took place on one of the students properties up in the mountains.

#45 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 12:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

I believe in climate change, I just don't believe that humans have figured out a way to modify the earths atmosphere.

#46 | Posted by 90c2cab at 2012-02-23 12:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

"#15 | POSTED BY EXPSREDEMPTION AT 2012-02-23 10:21 AM"

"Like I give a fuck what you think.
#21 | Posted by glasshouse"

A more effective retort would have been to simply post the link to your results. The fact you didn't indicates Exps caught you fibbing. (Who doesn't think glAsshouse is taking the quiz again right now, so he can link to his "results" after knowing the answers?)

#47 | Posted by mOntecOre at 2012-02-23 12:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

Of course he will have to get the same number wrong... and I doubt he remembers (or can do the math necessary [even though it is very simple] to figure it out).

Let's see what he does.

#48 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 12:22 PM | Reply | Flag:

A teacher at my high school used to show each of her classes a film of her orally castrating sheep and then later eating the balls. I didn't have her class, but my math class was in an adjoining room with an accordion-style "wall" in between, so we pushed it open a little bit and peeked in when she was showing it.

Even though I learned at some point that some fucked up people consider Rocky Mountain Oysters a delicacy, I'm still damaged.

#49 | Posted by mOntecOre at 2012-02-23 12:22 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Of course he will have to get the same number wrong... and I doubt he remembers (or can do the math necessary [even though it is very simple] to figure it out).

Let's see what he does.

#48 | Posted by ExpsRedemption"

I was thinking the same thing. I was wondering how many times he is going to have to take the quiz in order to hit the score he originally claimed.

#50 | Posted by mOntecOre at 2012-02-23 12:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

I don't think he will post a score. He will have to pick and choose which answers to get intentionally wrong (if he even remembers the answers correctly in the first place) and he will be too afraid that the answers he picks to be wrong will make him look stupid.

He won't post a link. I am actually surprised that more people didn't post their link. I figured they would seeing as it was a possibility and seemed to be the point of the question in the thread title to begin with.

#51 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 12:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Did you get it right?"

yes...

i got to question 4 and then realized it was 50 questions.. then i quit.. i gotta work man!

#52 | Posted by klifferd at 2012-02-23 12:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

What a stupid test. I got a 28% I almost could have closed my eyes and guess at the answers and done as well.

#53 | Posted by BradfordWinston at 2012-02-23 12:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

ZIT.........................Ho
w did you do? Get above 10% right?

#54 | Posted by Sniper at 2012-02-23 12:28 PM | Reply | Flag:

What a stupid test. I got a 28% I almost could have closed my eyes and guess at the answers and done as well.

#53 | Posted by BradfordWinston at 2012-02-23 12:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

I don't think that means the test is stupid...

#55 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 12:28 PM | Reply | Flag:

It would be nice if the text had a time limit for each question to prevent cheating.

#56 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 12:30 PM | Reply | Flag:

I tried cheating on one question. I still got it wrong. I thought the google search was telling me the answer was blastocyst. It was really zygote. What a stupid test. A quick search of google proves most of the answers are wrong.

No citation necessary.

#57 | Posted by BradfordWinston at 2012-02-23 12:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

How often does "Christian" "science" and "correct" go together to begin with?

#58 | Posted by kanrei at 2012-02-23 12:35 PM | Reply | Flag:

Not as often as "Jewish" "bagel" and "lox" but of course that is an unfair paradigm...

#59 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 12:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

Even though I learned at some point that some fucked up people consider Rocky Mountain Oysters a delicacy, I'm still damaged.

When I moved to Denver a coworker sprang Rocky Mountain Oysters on me without telling me what they were until *after* I tried one.

Words can't express how revoltingly chewy they were.

#60 | Posted by rcade at 2012-02-23 12:56 PM | Reply | Flag:

Fossil fuel usage is 6.7 percent lower than a year ago. You global warming wackos should be ecstatic over this failed economy.

We used less fuel, why aren't you happy? You should be proud of YOUR economy!!

af.reuters.com

#61 | Posted by BloodSacrafice at 2012-02-23 12:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

I know some people here who would have
answered #21 with "embryo".
:) -- #42 | Posted by Bellatrix

...not to mention those that would answer it with "baby." ;-)

#62 | Posted by Phoenix at 2012-02-23 01:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

Around 98 percent of them believe that human actions are warming the planet. But why take that seriously? They're just scientists. Let's listen to the politicians and the industry-funded think tanks instead.

#34 | Posted by rcade

Then stop your bitchin about the economy. We've seen huge reductions in fossil fuel consumption.

When you kill the economy, that's what happens. Great plan. It worked.

Now why aren't you all proud of your feat?

Because, you know something, as soon as the economy improves, so will fuel consumption.

Even though you're likely gay as well, you can't have it both ways. The economy is YOURS.

Your solutions are now in affect.

#63 | Posted by BloodSacrafice at 2012-02-23 01:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

#60 | Posted by rcade at 2012-02-23 12:56 PM | Reply | Flag:

I thought journalists were supposed to be skilled in asking the right questions, like, "is this the testicle of any animal" before eating anything unidentified?

#64 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 01:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

Green Economy = Failed Economy.

Keep throwing money at it if you want, but centrally-planned economies always fail.

#65 | Posted by BloodSacrafice at 2012-02-23 01:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

Even though you're likely gay as well ...

Thanks for the offer. It's very flattering. But I'm married.

I thought journalists were supposed to be skilled in asking the right questions, like, "is this the testicle of any animal" before eating anything unidentified?

We didn't cover testicles in journalism school.

#66 | Posted by rcade at 2012-02-23 01:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

"We didn't cover testicles in journalism school."

Party school?

#67 | Posted by salamandagator at 2012-02-23 01:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

We didn't cover testicles in journalism school.... we left them out in the open for the fans.
#66 | Posted by rcade

FTFY

#68 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2012-02-23 01:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

We didn't cover testicles in journalism school.

Are you saying you walked around the whole time you were in Journo school with UNCOVERED TESTICLES?

And you didn't get arrested?

Hopefully, the Missus got that nonsense sorted out right quick like.

It was prolly an even bigger priority than getting you to lose the mullet.

Be Well.

/[thatsthejoke]?

#69 | Posted by dethspud at 2012-02-23 01:45 PM | Reply | Flag:

We didn't cover testicles in journalism school.... We are liberals and left them at home...

#70 | Posted by crispee_oc at 2012-02-23 01:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

"We didn't cover testicles in journalism school."
#66 | Posted by rcade at 2012-02-23 01:36 PM | Reply

Make all the jokes you want, I understand the exact meaning of what Rcade is saying.
And I come to the conclusion that it explains why modern journalists have no balls.

#71 | Posted by hawk at 2012-02-23 01:51 PM | Reply | Flag:

Are you saying you walked around the whole time you were in Journo school with UNCOVERED TESTICLES?

I was free ballin'.

#72 | Posted by rcade at 2012-02-23 02:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Hopefully, the Missus got that nonsense sorted out right quick like.
It was prolly an even bigger priority than getting you to lose the mullet."

I don't know. Isn't there a story about a nudist wedding or something?

#73 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2012-02-23 02:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

I was free ballin'.

Being a rebellious free spirit or just completely incapable of doing your own laundry on a regular basis?

/Rhetorical question is rhetorical.
//Possibly snarky as well.
//Hard to tell. Sarc-o-meter melted.

Be Well.

#74 | Posted by dethspud at 2012-02-23 02:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

Being a rebellious free spirit or just completely incapable of doing your own laundry on a regular basis?

/Rhetorical question is rhetorical.

Lazy

/Answered using rhetoric =D

#75 | Posted by kanrei at 2012-02-23 02:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

Sun Made Global Warming

blog.motheyes.com

#76 | Posted by fwthom at 2012-02-23 02:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

#76 | Posted by fwthom at 2012-02-23 02:32 PM | Reply | Flag: scientifically illiterate

April 1, 2009: The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower.

2008 was a bear. There were no sunspots observed on 266 of the year's 366 days (73%). To find a year with more blank suns, you have to go all the way back to 1913, which had 311 spotless days: plot. Prompted by these numbers, some observers suggested that the solar cycle had hit bottom in 2008.

Maybe not. Sunspot counts for 2009 have dropped even lower. As of March 31st, there were no sunspots on 78 of the year's 90 days (87%).

It adds up to one inescapable conclusion: "We're experiencing a very deep solar minimum," says solar physicist Dean Pesnell of the Goddard Space Flight Center.

"This is the quietest sun we've seen in almost a century," agrees sunspot expert David Hathaway of the Marshall Space Flight Center.
science.nasa.gov

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Never fails, drop by and withing seconds I can find a post so miserably stupid it's hilarious. True fuckwit jocularity.

#77 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2012-02-23 02:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

within

#78 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2012-02-23 02:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

Never fails, drop by and withing seconds I can find a post so miserably stupid it's hilarious. True fuckwit jocularity.

Posted by Zatoichi at 2012-02-23 02:40 PM | Reply

Coincidentally, always right after you post it.

#79 | Posted by kanrei at 2012-02-23 02:43 PM | Reply | Flag:

Never fails, drop by and withing seconds I can find a post so miserably stupid it's hilarious. True fuckwit jocularity.

#77 | Posted by Zatoichi

Something else that never fails?

ZAT posting other peoples work and ideas.

He has none.

#80 | Posted by BloodSacrafice at 2012-02-23 03:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

'" In 1989, the US postal service drew criticism from paleontologists for releasing a stamp with what obsolete genus name, which translates from Greek as "Thunder Lizard"?"

how does this question mean you are scientifically literate... maybe literate about the dorky world of stamp collecting.'

It requires that you know that "Brontosaurus" is no longer a correct scientific term.

I was 5 for 5 on the test before I quit. Having to hit the Next button twice for every question was getting annoying.

#81 | Posted by Sully at 2012-02-23 03:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

You can see a full list of the questions, without having to take the test in my link to my results in #14.

Here is that link so you don't have to go back to #14 - www.csmonitor.com

#82 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 03:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

Having to hit the Next button twice for every question was getting annoying.

#81 | Posted by Sully

So... you would do great on tests except for that ADD thing.

got it.

#83 | Posted by donnerboy at 2012-02-23 04:50 PM | Reply | Flag:

"ZAT posting other peoples work and ideas.
He has none.
#80 | Posted by BloodSacrafice"

Yeah, stupid Zat posting scientific studies and articles by experts in the field. I'd much rather read what retards like Bloodcrapifice feel about things they know next to nothing about.

#84 | Posted by mOntecOre at 2012-02-23 05:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

www.csmonitor.com

Damn physics.

#85 | Posted by jpw at 2012-02-23 05:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

86% and missed a couple of stupid ones

#86 | Posted by truthhurts at 2012-02-23 05:22 PM | Reply | Flag:

Loading this quiz seamed like a bit of a pain in the ass so I refrained. I have no doubt that I would have aced it however given the fact that I would have done as I did in school....I would have cheated!

#87 | Posted by Dirk at 2012-02-23 05:37 PM | Reply | Flag:

They never did date the Earth at 4.5 billion years old, that was a meteor they dated, the oldest rock on the Earth is 2 billion years old.

#88 | Posted by rick1234567890 at 2012-02-23 05:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

Yeah, stupid Zat posting scientific studies and articles by experts in the field. I'd much rather read what retards like Bloodcrapifice feel about things they know next to nothing about.

#84 | Posted by mOntecOre

You lie.

The internet is quite full of studies and articles.

Yet; here you are. Reading my stuff instead.

#89 | Posted by BloodSacrafice at 2012-02-23 06:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The time frame is short, but if future observations show that clouds are truly getting lower, it could have an important effect on global climate change. Clouds that are lower in the atmosphere would allow Earth to cool more efficiently, potentially offsetting some of the warming caused by greenhouse gases."

www.livescience.com

See, there lot's of stuff to post. The last time ZAT challenged a belief, it was over Santa Claus.

#90 | Posted by BloodSacrafice at 2012-02-23 06:30 PM | Reply | Flag:

So... you would do great on tests except for that ADD thing.

got it.

#83 | Posted by donnerboy

In sully's defense it took me almost 45 min to get to question 25. If you consider that I average about 10 seconds per question on most multiple choice tests I don't think it was ADD. Screwing around on the internet should take an hour tops and I wasn't planing on spending that whole hour on 1 test that wasn't even news related. That page had loading issues.

#91 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2012-02-23 10:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

#85 | Posted by jpw at 2012-02-23 05:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

Funny. What made you want to take the time to answer all of them incorrectly?

#92 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 11:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

86% and missed a couple of stupid ones

#86 | Posted by truthhurts at 2012-02-23 05:22 PM | Reply | Flag:

Where's the proof of your results?

#93 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 11:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

Damn physics.

#85 | Posted by jpw at 2012-02-23 05:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

Never mind... it seems that the results pages are messing up when accessed by someone else.

#94 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-23 11:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

Funny. What made you want to take the time to answer all of them incorrectly?

What?

#95 | Posted by jpw at 2012-02-23 11:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

Oh, OK. I was wondering what the hell you were talking about LOL

#96 | Posted by jpw at 2012-02-23 11:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

24/50.

48%

Spud sucks.

Be Well.

#97 | Posted by dethspud at 2012-02-23 11:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

Where's the proof of your results?

#93 | Posted by ExpsRedemption

on the internets, your point?

I believe I have demonstrated my native intelligence enough that I need not be questioned.

#98 | Posted by truthhurts at 2012-02-24 08:24 AM | Reply | Flag:

I believe I have demonstrated my native intelligence enough that I need not be questioned.

#98 | Posted by truthhurts at 2012-02-24 08:24 AM | Reply | Flag:

Ok... again, where is the link to your results?

#99 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-24 08:52 AM | Reply | Flag:

again, for the slow, on the interwebs.

gees expscrement, are you just pissed off cause your answer to the age of the earth (6015 years) was wrong?

#100 | Posted by truthhurts at 2012-02-24 09:06 AM | Reply | Flag:

gees expscrement, are you just pissed off cause your answer to the age of the earth (6015 years) was wrong?

#100 | Posted by truthhurts at 2012-02-24 09:06 AM | Reply | Flag:

Wow, way to be snide. I got 94% and linked to it. (Unfortunately I linked from the direct page rather than from the e-mail your results information)

Here is the message on the original page and the e-mail message:

original page results
Quiz results
47
Correct
3
Wrong
You answered 47 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 94%.

E-mail your results information:
I got 47 out of 50 on "Are you scientifically literate? Take our quiz".

I'll try the original page link again to see if it works: www.csmonitor.com

#101 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-24 09:22 AM | Reply | Flag:

#100 | Posted by truthhurts at 2012-02-24 09:06 AM | Reply | Flag:

What was it you were trying to say there squirts?

#102 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-24 09:40 AM | Reply | Flag:

www.csmonitor.com

I did OK.
:)

#103 | Posted by Bellatrix at 2012-02-24 10:10 AM | Reply | Flag:

Unfortunately the way that it is set up, the results of other people don't show on your screen. It sends you back to your results.

What did you get? Your link sends me back to my results.

#104 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-24 10:50 AM | Reply | Flag:

#104
35/50 correct

Periodic scale. UGH!
:)

#105 | Posted by Bellatrix at 2012-02-24 11:25 AM | Reply | Flag:

Ah. Unfortunately the periodic scale does not account for all 15 of the incorrect answers.... but I get you.

I can't believe that I messed up the quanta/Planck question.

#106 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-02-24 11:37 AM | Reply | Flag:

I was batting a .750 at the 20th question, so I held a consensus meeting with me, myself and I. At the meeting we all three agreed that it was sufficient proof that I was, indeed going to continue along the same path until the inevitable conclusion of the study. 75% it is.....

Happy Extinction!

#107 | Posted by American1st at 2012-02-24 03:09 PM | Reply | Flag:

~lib
Hell no - I am very literate - I bleeb in glowable warming.

#108 | Posted by phesterOBoyle at 2012-02-24 03:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

This test is crap. Any question asking about the age of the earth, evolution, global warming, or fertilized eggs was answered completely wrong. I did get the brimstone question right since it referenced the Bible though...
~Youknowwhoyouare

In all seriousness, I did better than I thought I would but worse than I should have.

32/50 for 64%. Not horrible for "passing" my last two science classes in college with a C and a D...

www.csmonitor.com

#109 | Posted by bartimus at 2012-02-24 05:31 PM | Reply | Flag: