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Re:Science Knowledge Quiz by camccann on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @01:01AM (#904883)
So according to the results summary at the end, about half the adult population, and a quarter of college graduates, are under the impression that antibiotics kill viruses.

The other questions, despite being rather basic scientific knowledge, are arguably not relevant for most people, but that question worries me because of the antibiotic resistance issue.

It is kind of depressing that apparently around a third of college graduates think lasers work via sound waves, though. Sigh.

Re:Science Knowledge Quiz by nash on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @01:17AM (#904905)
Antibiotics is sad.

For lasers I'd be willing to bet a bit of confusion (ie yes, lasers are focused waves... See something WAVE, click WAVE).

Overall result is depressing though.