clipped from: orgtheory.wordpress.com   

A case in point is the following. The GSS folk actually made the mistake of asking the following question as part of their science module:


Now, does the Earth go around the Sun, or does the Sun go around the Earth?

Here we go. Now what follows is real social science data folks. No joking around:


Earth around sun 73.6%
Sun around earth 18.3%
Don’t Know 8.0%
Refused 0.1%


How long does it take for the Earth to go around the Sun: one day, one month, or one year?

One day 19.0%
One month 1.1%
One year 71.2%
Other time period 0.1%
Don’t Know 8.5%
Refused 0.1%