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  • #31
    Loinburger got 51 out of 50.

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    • #32
      I am not a scientist, but I am a pragmatist. That means that, as I followed Ben's link to the quiz (which was actually a link to the list of correct answers) rather than Lori's I got 50/50.
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      • #33
        And people say I'm not helpful?

        Clearly Bugs >>> everyone who posted after me.
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        • #34
          Originally posted by Ben Kenobi View Post
          This is a really good quiz.

          Tied Lorizael.

          You may have an opinion on climate change, evolution education, stem-cell research, and science funding. But do you have the facts to back up your opinion? This quiz will test your basic scientific literacy.


          Missed the Watt/Joule question, the RNA/DNA base question and the climate question.
          You mean you got the age of the Earth question right?
          One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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          • #35
            Got halfway through without mistakes.

            Half of the questions are moronic anyway: what does it matter with what letter you denominate lightspeed. You need to know it is constant in vaccuum. That is all...
            "Ceterum censeo Ben esse expellendum."

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            • #36
              Originally posted by Dauphin View Post
              You mean you got the age of the Earth question right?


              Originally posted by dannubis View Post
              Got halfway through without mistakes.

              Half of the questions are moronic anyway: what does it matter with what letter you denominate lightspeed. You need to know it is constant in vaccuum. That is all...
              Well, it is testing your scientific literacy.

              Edit: Also, I'd say that more important than the fact that it is constant in a vacuum is that it is measured to be the same in all frames of reference.
              Last edited by Lorizael; May 4, 2012, 06:48.
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              • #37
                Originally posted by OzzyKP View Post
                Science isn't my strong suit. I got 29/50.
                Patience isn't my strong suit. I got 1/1
                No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                • #38
                  I'm reading through the comments on the quiz now. They're depressing.
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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by Dauphin View Post
                    You mean you got the age of the Earth question right?
                    If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by dannubis View Post
                      Got halfway through without mistakes.

                      Half of the questions are moronic anyway: what does it matter with what letter you denominate lightspeed. You need to know it is constant in vaccuum. That is all...
                      E=MF²

                      Energy = Mother föcking square baby!

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                      • #41
                        Originally posted by Lorizael View Post




                        Well, it is testing your scientific literacy.

                        Edit: Also, I'd say that more important than the fact that it is constant in a vacuum is that it is measured to be the same in all frames of reference.
                        Hence constant. But yes, constant and the same in all frames of reference...
                        "Ceterum censeo Ben esse expellendum."

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                        • #42
                          That test is a very nice way for the Christian Science Monitor to get 100 page views from everyone who takes it.
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                          • #43
                            Indeed, but if it's so annoying that a substantial number of people don't finish the test at all, then they might have been better off going for a less cumbersome setup.
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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by Lorizael View Post
                              Indeed, but if it's so annoying that a substantial number of people don't finish the test at all, then they might have been better off going for a less cumbersome setup.
                              Yeah, every time I see a slideshow nowadays, I just navigate away.
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                              • #45
                                You mean you got the age of the Earth question right?
                                And the age of the universe too. I know, shocking, eh?

                                Maybe I actually learned a thing or two in my science classes.
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