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All I have to do is turn on their national news program to gauge just how dumb America is.
This is probably the reason why we haven’t had any alien contact from outer space. Aliens tune into our news networks, see just how stupid we are, especially Americans who are supposedly the wealthiest country and aliens just cringe, turn off the channel, place an intergalactic sign post just outside the orbit of Neptune warning everyone to stay away.
Coelacanth are still around, so kinda…
Do crocodiles not count?
No
Ooooh you’re lucky my instance doesn’t allow downvoting
They’re good prehistoric dogs, Brunt
So chickens are out of the question
As far as I can tell they still do.
We’re certainly governed by them.
Yeah, I wish I didn’t believe in Donald Trump… He’s all too real.
Coincidentally, 41% is also approximately Trump’s approval rating.
Jesus Christ, how is it so high?
40% approve, 56% disapprove.
And 41 is his IQ
*citation needed
Don’t get me wrong, I believe a whole lot of Americans believe this. But that’s a big number backed up by “they say”
I doubt it’s that high. They surveyed 1000 people over a decade ago to extrapolate that:
The poll surveyed 1000 adult Americans between June 15 and June 17, 2015, apparently on-line; the margin of error reported was plus/minus 4.4%. Further details of the polling methodology are not readily apparent.
Well, about as many believed it was a good idea to vote for Trump, so it’s not surprising. Or just look how many believe Fox “News” is a reputable source of information…
How does this fit with the whole believing in God thing?
“Young Earth” Christians believe every word in the Bible is true. According to their calculations the Earth can’t be more than 6,000 years old. The idea that there was anything before that is anathema.
Dinosaurs were made up by the deepstate, obviously?
Doesn’t this imply the 41% are atheists?
They are extinct because they couldn’t fit on the ark
Father Stickyfingers told me not to ask those questions.
“Humans and dinosaurs living together” is a popular trope in entertainment. Surprise, surprise - repeatedly exposing people to this anachronism will lead people to believe the thing.
By comparison, a mere 6% of Americans doubt the Moon landing happened. When we’re constantly including Americans-visiting-the-moon tropes in our historical dramas and near future fictions, people get the answer correct far more often than not.
Fun fact: T-Rex didn’t coexist with Stegasaurus. Movies lump all dinosaurs together like they all lived at the same time but they really didn’t. Many species came and went over the millions of years dinosaurs lived
DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Akshually, modern birds are descended from dinosaurs, effectively making them dinosaurs themselves. So humans did, and still do, live with dinosaurs.
mienshao@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Preach! And it’s not even “effectively,” birds are dinosaurs—full stop. They are avian dinosaurs.
Rhaedas@fedia.io 6 hours ago
Little birds are so cute, until you watch them hunting for prey and imagine yourself at that scale.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
Watched a chicken jumpkick a rat and the rat bleed to death. We are lucky the world isn’t full of cassowary.
Dave@lemmy.nz 4 hours ago
And only 41% believe it!
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 5 hours ago
Not only that, but some countries are fully governed by dinosaurs. Ask me how I know…
ramble81@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
And once you’re done telling everyone a tomato is a fruit, the rest of us still aren’t going to put it in a fruit salad.
Don’t be pedantic, you know what they meant.
ngdev@lemmy.zip 11 minutes ago
checks the community this is posted in
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
This and also Nessy