Are you one of the 7%

RobbingBandit · 23-12-2013 10:17pm

Don't know

9/13 woo hoo I'm above average.

entropi · 23-12-2013 10:19pm

No

Got them all correct. Now where is my research grant, tenure and team of doctorate students to help in my research?

JohnMearsheimer · 23-12-2013 10:20pm

11 out of 13. I'm happy I got that. I'm more of an English and history kinda guy, science didn't agree with me in school.

yenom · 23-12-2013 10:21pm

No

Yes but I can see how people might get them wrong.

W.Shakes-Beer · 23-12-2013 10:23pm

Don't know

12/13

Agonist · 23-12-2013 10:23pm

No

13/13 Phew! After making such a balls of the countries in Europe test I was worried about Alzheimer's setting in.

Interesting that fewer women than men answered each question correctly. And the questions where women did better in comparison to men were all biology questions, rather than physics or chemistry. I wonder if that's nature or nurture?

Anyway, I did my bit to get the female average up.

woodoo · 23-12-2013 10:23pm

I got 12 i said hydrogen was the most abundant gas. I'm distraught.

TheChosenOne · 23-12-2013 10:25pm

FRACKING FRACKING!

12 / 13. never heard of 'fracking before'.

Wibbs · 23-12-2013 10:25pm

No

Inquitus wrote: »

In the OECD's latest Programme for International Student Assessment league tables, Irish teens are ranked fourth out of 34 OECD countries when it comes to reading.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1203/490592-oecd/

Pray tell where are you getting your stats from?

Here's a very quick couple I; http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/irish-adults-at-or-below-average-for-literacy-and-numeracy-1.1553861

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/education/irelands-literacy-and-numeracy-ranking-falls-154553.html

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/The-dumbing-down-of-Ireland---23-percent-of-males-are-illiterate-112121484.html

kumate_champ07 · 23-12-2013 10:26pm

yes! 13/13

JuliusCaesar · 23-12-2013 10:27pm

No

Cool! "You scored better than 93% of the public and the same as 7%."

kumate_champ07 · 23-12-2013 10:27pm

woodoo wrote: »

I got 12 i said hydrogen was the most abundant gas. I'm distraught.

that was the trickiest question

Kettleson · 23-12-2013 10:27pm

Don't know

No:
You answered 11 of 13 questions correctly.

Duckworth_Luas · 23-12-2013 10:30pm

No

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

Cool! "You scored better than 93% of the public and the same as 7%."

Venisti, vidisti, vicisti

23-12-2013 10:31pm

No

Agonist wrote: »

13/13 Phew! After making such a balls of the countries in Europe test I was worried about Alzheimer's setting in.

Interesting that fewer women than men answered each question correctly. And the questions where women did better in comparison to men were all biology questions, rather than physics or chemistry. I wonder if that's nature or nurture?

Anyway, I did my bit to get the female average up.

Yeah, I was interested in those stats too.
Have also tried to bring it up now

Senna · 23-12-2013 10:31pm

13/13!!!
And I'll say two correct answers were directly the result watching QI

doolox · 23-12-2013 10:32pm

No

I got 13 out of 13 but this is elementary stuff. To get any sort of job in Science you now need at least a Masters level of knowledge to earn anything like a living wage.

I have two nephews and a niece working abroad or engaging in further study from degree level who are well versed in Science and cannot get jobs at degree level.

While increasing public knowledge of science has some benefits we have a LONG way to go to compete with the South Koreans, Finns or Swiss etc who are masters at this stuff.

KungPao · 23-12-2013 10:33pm

Don't know

Fracking hell.

12/13

Never heard of fracking before!

Frosty McSnowballs · 23-12-2013 10:33pm

11/13

It's ok though, I can make up the other 2 by knowing how to kill you if you taunt me for being dumb

JackieChan · 23-12-2013 10:35pm

No

13/13

woodoo wrote: »

I got 12 i said hydrogen was the most abundant gas. I'm distraught.

Nitrogen is an inert gas, if we had that level of hydrogen then it would be nasty....just think of the Hindenberg disaster which was a blimp filled with Hyrdogen.

humbert · 23-12-2013 10:35pm

No

doolox wrote: »

I got 13 out of 13 but this is elementary stuff. To get any sort of job in Science you now need at least a Masters level of knowledge to earn anything like a living wage.

I have two nephews and a niece working abroad or engaging in further study from degree level who are well versed in Science and cannot get jobs at degree level.

While increasing public knowledge of science has some benefits we have a LONG way to go to compete with the South Koreans, Finns or Swiss etc who are masters at this stuff.

So what you're saying is that I'm wasting my time putting that score on my CV?

The_Mask · 23-12-2013 10:36pm

Don't know

11 out of 13 :-/. Top 10%

Al Capwned · 23-12-2013 10:36pm

13. (I'm 36)

Only reason I got the 'fracking' question right was because I googled it a few years ago when Battlestar Galactica was on the box.

Raging_Ninja · 23-12-2013 10:36pm

13/13 - straightforward stuff.

Inquitus · 23-12-2013 10:36pm

No

Wibbs wrote: »

Here's a very quick couple I; http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/irish-adults-at-or-below-average-for-literacy-and-numeracy-1.1553861

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/education/irelands-literacy-and-numeracy-ranking-falls-154553.html

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/The-dumbing-down-of-Ireland---23-percent-of-males-are-illiterate-112121484.html

You said one in four 16 yo males had trouble with literacy, not something that any of those, mostly outdated, references support anyways.

Wibbs wrote: »

One in four 16 year old Irish males have trouble with literacy.

Sinfonia · 23-12-2013 10:37pm

12/13
Didn't know what fracking was.

Also, to be honest, if the questions hadn't been multiple choice, I'd have done a lot worse.

Hawkeye1 · 23-12-2013 10:38pm

Don't know

proof this place is full of nerds!

Wibbs · 23-12-2013 10:39pm

No

In 2010, three years ago, from one of those links;

A Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study has shown that one in six Irish students has significant reading problems while 23 percent of Irish males have lower than “functional literacy." This means that they can not communicate in society.

The survey shows that Ireland’s level of literacy has dropped more significantly than any other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country.

23% ain't much off 1 in 4 males.

Strawberry HillBilly · 23-12-2013 10:40pm

No

13/13 ......phew. B.Sc graduate here sweating bricks with my soon to be 12 year old waiting for "an epic fail"

humbert · 23-12-2013 10:40pm

No

The_Mask wrote: »

11 out of 13 :-/. Top 10%

Top 25%.

Mint Aero · 23-12-2013 10:41pm

Top 7% me arse, ya want to be 4 not to know all those.

rolliepoley · 23-12-2013 10:44pm

No

13/13

ted1 · 23-12-2013 10:48pm

No

TheChosenOne wrote: »

FRACKING FRACKING!

12 / 13. never heard of 'fracking before'.

Hydraulic fracturing, dig deep, split rock by pumping high pressure chemicals liquids into the hole. Allow gas to travel up to the void

Inquitus · 23-12-2013 10:49pm

No

Wibbs wrote: »

In 2010, three years ago, from one of those links;

A Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study has shown that one in six Irish students has significant reading problems while 23 percent of Irish males have lower than “functional literacy." This means that they can not communicate in society.

The survey shows that Ireland’s level of literacy has dropped more significantly than any other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country.

23% ain't much off 1 in 4 males.

Aye but you said 16yo males, the education system has come on a great deal in modern times so 23% of all males is a far cry from 1 in 4 16yos, hence your statement is hugely misleading, as we can see from the recent stat I linked, our literacy is among the best in the OECD.

23-12-2013 10:53pm

No

ted1 wrote: »

Hydraulic fracturing, dig deep, split rock by pumping high pressure chemicals liquids into the hole. Allow gas to travel up to the void

And oil, fracking oil has made the difference between $110 a barrel and possible oil shortages today. Without it oil supplies would be declining year on year from a peak in 2008.

shamrock55 · 23-12-2013 10:54pm

No

Tbh i thought they were very easy and im far from a science head, but the survey was done in america and id be suprised if 7% of them knew what their capitol was

mawk · 23-12-2013 10:58pm

pretty simples..

13 right.
science is an awkwardly wide topic to quiz on though. easy to not know something easy to learn while knowing a ton anyway

Wibbs · 23-12-2013 10:59pm

No

Inquitus wrote: »

Aye but you said 16yo males, the education system has come on a great deal in modern times so 23% of all males is a far cry from 1 in 4 16yos, hence your statement is hugely misleading, as we can see from the recent stat I linked, our literacy is among the best in the OECD.

"Modern times"? That link/study was from 2010, not 1910. Three years ago.

COYVB · 23-12-2013 11:02pm

No

Got the 13 but was split 50/50 on the nitrogen one. More luck than knowledge I got it really

There are a lot of dumb people in America, but there are also a lot more people full stop. Those "Americans think x" things are nonsense to be honest

FlashD · 23-12-2013 11:02pm

No

Top marks here, all credit to LC science and the bits I picked over 20 years.

Silverbling · 23-12-2013 11:03pm

9/13 I am obviously bad at gas, I got them all wrong

jwcurtin · 23-12-2013 11:03pm

No

A nice confidence boost, 13/13, if only the Leaving Cert will be that easy in June!

_Redzer_ · 23-12-2013 11:04pm

No

All 13 correct, I should fecking hope to be getting that considering I'm doing science!

Amirani · 23-12-2013 11:08pm

No

ScienceNerd wrote: »

I'd hazard a guess and say the average boards user knows more about science than the average Irish person. That said, 7% is incredibly low for such an easy test.

Definitely. For some reason, certain posters on here believe Boards is a completely representative sample of the population and thus any deviance in the results from the population is due to people lying. In reality, this will never be the case because:

1. The "average" Boards user is more intelligent than the "average" Irish person.
2. People with poor science knowledge either won't do the quiz or else won't post their results.

This is fairly basic statistics, yet some people insist that "75% of Irish people lie in polls".

The Backwards Man · 23-12-2013 11:12pm

Don't know

NiallSparky wrote: »

Definitely. For some reason, certain posters on here believe Boards is a completely representative sample of the population and thus any deviance in the results from the population is due to people lying. In reality, this will never be the case because:

1. The "average" Boards user is more intelligent than the "average" Irish person.
2. People with poor science knowledge either won't do the quiz or else won't post their results.

This is fairly basic statistics, yet some people insist that "75% of Irish people lie in polls".

My granny used to always say

It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what.

Amirani · 23-12-2013 11:15pm

No

The Backwards Man wrote: »

My granny used to always say

It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what.

That isn't something I'd disagree with. I'd very much doubt though that everybody, or even most people, would bother lying about an online quiz.

humbert · 23-12-2013 11:15pm

No

The Backwards Man wrote: »

My granny used to always say

It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what.

That's not the most useful adage, especially coming from a self-confessed liar.

donvito99 · 23-12-2013 11:16pm

12/13.

Gimme a BSc

Inquitus · 23-12-2013 11:17pm

No

Wibbs wrote: »

"Modern times"? That link/study was from 2010, not 1910. Three years ago.

23% of males includes those born in 1910

but it seems you could be part of the 23%!

stoeger · 23-12-2013 11:17pm

Don't know

12

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