The general public is scientifically illiterate

[nismaratwork]

Not enough homers though...

On that, we can agree.

 

[collinsmark]

One of my Abstruse Goose favorites. (http://abstrusegoose.com/" )

[PLAIN]http://abstrusegoose.com/strips/ignorance.PNG

Formal link: http://abstrusegoose.com/205"

 

[nismaratwork]

One of my Abstruse Goose favorites. (http://abstrusegoose.com/" )

[PLAIN]http://abstrusegoose.com/strips/ignorance.PNG

Formal link: http://abstrusegoose.com/205"

I like the "I am become death" reference; it makes the punchline that much sweeter.

 

[Vagn]

For some reason I suspect that headlines like this don't exactly promote scientific literacy:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...n-sense-touch-patients-artificial-limbs.html"

 

[nismaratwork]

For some reason I suspect that headlines like this don't exactly promote scientific literacy:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...n-sense-touch-patients-artificial-limbs.html"

*facepalm*

Yeah, I can't imagine that does help at all... ugh.

 

[lisab]

For some reason I suspect that headlines like this don't exactly promote scientific literacy:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...n-sense-touch-patients-artificial-limbs.html"

That really made me laugh! Then, on second thought...not so much.

 

[nismaratwork]

That really made me laugh! Then, on second thought...not so much.

I think it's for that very reason that humans are constructed to laugh and cry at the same time. *craughs*