It’s probably more that they don’t really understand the subject and thought that’s what they were supposed to answer than any positive belief either way. Maybe some think the earth goes around the sun once a day.
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’.)
It’s probably more that they don’t really understand the subject and thought that’s what they were supposed to answer than any positive belief either way. 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’.)