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3530514 No.3530514 [Reply] [Original]

hello, /sci/
i come bearing research
i went on omegle, went into spy mode, and asked 50 people a simple question
is the sun on fire?
my results were as follows

yes- 14
no- 24
i don't know- 12

only 48% of the people who i asked were right

my results show one thing and one thing only
PEOPLE ARE FUCKING STUPID
NOT KNOWING SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS
DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF HOW FIRE, SPACE, OR THE SUN WORKS?

however, this raises another question
why?
why are people so stupid?
what is going so horribly wrong that people don't know the answer to such a simple question?
what are we doing wrong? how can we improve?

what is our world coming to?

>> No.3530521

>inb4 basic solar physics isn't supposed to be common knowledge

>> No.3530529

50 isn't really that good of a sample size to be making such strong conclusions there mate.

>> No.3530544

Your question is a pretty poor test for intelligence. If you want to draw the conclusion that people are stupid you should at least ask a logic/reasoning question. Not a question predicated by a lack of somewhat esoteric knowledge (fusion).

>> No.3530559

>>3530544
exactly. the question tests knowledge, not intellect.

>> No.3530566

>>3530544
people should realize that things in space can't be on fucking fire

>> No.3530578

wait, how do you define fire?
not trolling

>> No.3530582

>>3530566
well people should also realize that not everyone has studied the extinguishing effect of a total vacuum on flame.

maybe you should be asked about the latest NFL draft, or whoever Lady gaga is dating? you might find you're the retard, given the questions. it's all relative. truth be told, knowing that the sun isn't on fire hasn't gotten me anywhere in life. hasn't made me a penny, hasn't caused me to learn other info that proved useful, hasn't gotten me laid or made me healthy.

>> No.3530589

>>3530578

Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.

Note combustion. Ergo electromagnetic radiation from fusion doesn't constitute fire.

>> No.3530611

>>3530589

I was thinking of fire as plasma so I would have said yes to OP, anyways 2/10 for effort

>> No.3530614

>>3530582
>fire requires air
>this is esoteric knowledge
I... see.

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>> No.3530641

>>3530614

I'm not saying that it is esoteric knowledge that combustion requires oxygen. I'm just saying that the fact that sun is undergoing fusion and not simply a ball of fire is somewhat unknown to most people. Its possible they think it is a sphere of oxygen/hydrocarbons that is undergoing combustion on the surface. Obviously its pretty nonsensical but most people I suspect don't know about fusion and probably don't know what else it could be other than fire.

>> No.3530661

>>3530614
you quoted the wrong guy.

>> No.3530894

>>3530630

I saw this too.

Lulz were had.

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3530913

funny thing is, I was not even on /sci/ I was on /g/

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3530939

then, right after that one

>> No.3530951

you posted this on /g/ too, word for word. also plasma is not fire

>> No.3530956

>>3530939
>>3530913

That was me, both times. Fucking asshole.

>> No.3530959

>>3530956
well, at least you had a nice conversation, now didn't you

>> No.3530963

>>3530951
yup
i also posted it on /r9k/
it's not word for word though, i did change the board name

>> No.3530964

>>3530959

Kind of. and then the guy was trying to get personal.
"WHAT PROFESSUR U WORK WIT MANE"

Whoa, whoa buddy; this is Omegle. Anonymous for a fucking reason.

>> No.3530969

>>3530913
wwhats the answer to this one

>> No.3530977

>>3530566
The earth is in space

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3530978

>>3530964
It amazes me though, how many people do not know about nuclear fusion, or paradoxes, many people answered the question "the barber"

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3531004

best answer yet

>> No.3531014

did you take in count that 90% of the people on omegla probably are 9 year old's?

Don't know about America but in Norway we dosen't learn about the sun and nuclear fusion before high school

>> No.3531385

>>3530582

>me, me, me and me.
>knowledge is useless. doesnt get me laid
>better to be a fool with company than a wise man alone

Oh anon, you so retarded.

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3531513

>>3530978
Who shaves the barber.

>> No.3531528

>>3531513

Russell's paradox... there is no answer.. because ... it is a PARADOX.

>> No.3531590

>I'll pretend to be mad about this point I don't really care about just for the opportunity to put myself above others because I crave for some self-respect
Cool story, OP.

>> No.3531760

Let me ask you this question.

who was the highest scoring player in the champion league in 2010?

i bet nobody here knows the answer yet many people who are interested in sports will know the answer.

what makes your knowledge that the sun is not on fire more intrinsically valuable than the any other knowledge people might posses.

your own arrogance just highlights your ignorance. If you were really as intelligent as you believe yourself to be then you would know that by expanding the shores of our knowledge we are but increasing the ocean of our ignorance.

The only thing I know is that I know nothing.

>> No.3531767 [DELETED] 

>>3531760
> by expanding the shores of our knowledge we are but increasing the ocean of our ignorance.

> implying an expanding shoreline would make the oceans larger
> can't into basic metaphor
> confirmed for tard

>> No.3531795

>>3531760

Lionel Messi obviously!

>> No.3531801

>>3530514
>tiny sample size, no demographics, terrific assumptions about the demographic which is entirely unknown, single poorly chosen question, possibly statistically insignificant difference between the answers.
>draw broad and wild conclusions from a single highly flawed survey.

No op, the only thing your results show is that you know nothing at all about statistics or taking surveys.

Go back, do research, then try again.

>> No.3532037

>PEOPLE ARE FUCKING STUPID
Yes.
>NOT KNOWING SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS
Yes.
>DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF HOW FIRE, SPACE, OR THE SUN WORKS?
Yes.

Instead of acting as if this is completely new, or as if the people are themselves at fault, target the bad education they've had to reach their conclusions.