How smart are you? Take the science test

[Echo]

13 for 13, and pretty fast, too. Good questions, but 30% below 50% right is shocking - well, mebbe not...

[sleeper1428]

13 out of 13! Guess after seven years of higher education beyond high school, three years residency in Anesthesiology plus a career spent teaching Anesthesiology I actually learned - and retained - a few bits of info!! But what really bothers me is that all those people who scored below 50% are actually allowed to vote!! No wonder we get the likes of B.O.!!!

[Texas Tinker]

I answered all 13 correctly as well. I believe this forum's contributors are well above average in the technical knowlege department.

[Elkins45]

Took me less than 2 minutes. I got 12 out of 13 correct which I knew would be the case because I think Pangea is a stupid asinine theory.
If somebody asks me if I think all the continents were once connected, I say "yes I do, and they still are. If you remove all the water out of the oceans, you will notice there is dirt undernieth that spans from continent to continent. A "continent" is simply a high spot in the dirt, and an "ocean" is simply a low spot in the dirt" (to put it in language a kindergartener could understand.)

Plate tectonics is a widely accepted theory because there is so very much evidence in support of it. I say this as someone with a degree in geology. The movement of the continental plates can and actually has been measured.

[BD]

12 out of 13, I missed the atmosphere.

[LUBEDUDE]

Due to working a full time job, I literally slept through most of High School, and some of college. I can't believe that only 7% got 100%, I had no problem obtaining that number. That was pretty basic stuff.

[Windyvista]

13 out of 13. I am a Chemical Engineer, a volunteer EMT and served on a Town committee on hydrofracking so those helped. I am surprised though with as much publicity as hydrofracking and global warming get, the score on those was only a little over 50%.

[steg]

12 out of 13 😣

[Hannibal]

13/13. Apparently bullet casters are an intelligent group as a whole.

[frkelly74]

Practical intelligent problem solvers. PIPS

[fatelk]

When you consider the range of people likely included in any poll or study, it shouldn't be surprising that most people don't have a lot of really basic scientific understanding. Think about the average people you know or rub shoulders with day to day. I'm thinking about some older folks I know: good people but couldn't care less about science. I know a lot of twenty-somethings that could tell you all about pop culture, fashion, sports, etc., but who I expect would do poorly on this little quiz. They're not dumb; they just don't care.

Most of those questions were really, really basic knowledge. My 10 year old daughter knew most of them. However, missing some or even a bunch of them doesn't mean a person is stupid, just ignorant of that particular piece of scientific knowledge. Most people focus on what they are interested in and easily forget the rest. No big deal- we all do it.

BTW, I fibbed earlier when I posted that I only got a few (just trying to be funny). I was embarrassed to brag about knowing such basic questions. Now, if someone could find a link to a similar quiz about pop culture, fashion, or something like that, then I'll post my score here and do some bragging about how bad I did.

[SeabeeMan]

All 13...but I'm a science teacher, so it would be pretty sad if I didn't. On the flip side, I would classify all but maybe 2 of those as "reasonably intelligent human being" level of questions.

[JWFilips]

OK keep in mind that this test was out there for every one to participate including the folks who elected Obama! So that says a lot! The general "populous" is very stupid!!!
Just got to love this "new" COUNTRY! Yeah Right!

[seaboltm]

13 right.

[Desertbuck]

13 out of 13.
I'm a high school graduate and they sent me to special education most of my school years. The classroom was affectionately known as the retard room by all of the wonderful £#×*€ I mean young adults I went to school with! I don't miss school one bit. It seemed like whenever I asked complicated question the teachers did not have the ability to answer I guess. They would tell me look at the book and just look at the example. The examples are only capable of telling one plausible outcome not why it can come out another way they used to get so frustrated with me. I finally one day told a math teacher who didn't seem to care for me much ------- I want you to show me over and over again if necessary not show me some pictures.
After I got out of school I just let my own curiosity be my guide I learned by getting my hands on what I was interested in. And I also learned many things from my elders who were willing to teach me.

[.45Cole]

Did you guys notice that the questions were somewhat hotly debated issues? It seems like everyone got >10, I wonder if they actually time the response time and are more interested in that. Only a few questions were things that a normal person wouldn't know.

[Twicepop]

I got 12 of 13, not bad for a guy that barely finished high school.

[DLCTEX]

All 13 correct and didn't have to use google, about 1 min. to finish. Must have absorbed some knowledge by osmosis.

[bangerjim]

When you consider the range of people likely included in any poll or study, it shouldn't be surprising that most people don't have a lot of really basic scientific understanding. Think about the average people you know or rub shoulders with day to day. I'm thinking about some older folks I know: good people but couldn't care less about science. I know a lot of twenty-somethings that could tell you all about pop culture, fashion, sports, etc., but who I expect would do poorly on this little quiz. They're not dumb; they just don't care.

Most of those questions were really, really basic knowledge. My 10 year old daughter knew most of them. However, missing some or even a bunch of them doesn't mean a person is stupid, just ignorant of that particular piece of scientific knowledge. Most people focus on what they are interested in and easily forget the rest. No big deal- we all do it.

BTW, I fibbed earlier when I posted that I only got a few (just trying to be funny). I was embarrassed to brag about knowing such basic questions. Now, if someone could find a link to a similar quiz about pop culture, fashion, or something like that, then I'll post my score here and do some bragging about how bad I did.

Well. pilgrim........her 'ya go!

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banger-j

[Three44s]

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