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Posts : 20293 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 70 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Ignorance Test Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:24 am | |
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richard09
Posts : 4255 Join date : 2013-01-16
| Subject: Re: Ignorance Test Thu Dec 12, 2013 1:33 pm | |
| - Quote :
- Rosling said that for him the most surprising lack of knowledge demonstrated in the quiz was on the measles vaccination. Just 17% of the U.S. respondents chose the correct answer -- 80% of the world's children are vaccinated by their first birthday. Forty-four per cent wrongly guessed a fifth of children and 39% said half.
"That to me was absolutely astonishing because it is the most solid and stable success of the world. Now we vaccinate 4 out of 5 children," said Rosling. "It's a beautiful example of global collaboration, life saving technology, the flagship of aid, awareness among governments and parents in even the poorest countries -- and it's not known." He seems to have overlooked the willful ignorance movement in the US. |
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NoCoPilot
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| Subject: Re: Ignorance Test Thu Dec 12, 2013 1:46 pm | |
| That's one I missed. I guessed half. |
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