Logos01 comments on [Infographic] A reminder as to how far the rationality waterline can climb (at least, for the US). - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Logos01 22 November 2011 05:56:59PM 2 points [-]

Maybe some think the earth goes around the sun once a day.

I recall reading, a while back, a published poll that had results similar to what you describe. I can't find it now, but I did find a number of references that seem to lead back to this Gallup poll which stated (in 1999) that 79% of Americans knew which object (the Sun or the Earth) orbited the other. (Apparently, this compared favorably to the example it gave of Germany, where only 74% got that 'right'.)