In a recent survey for Birmingham Science Project (3000 people took part) ...
44% thought memory-erasing a la Men in Black was real.
30% thought time travel exists.
24% thought teleportation happens.
22% thought light sabres a la Star Wars existed.
18% thought they could see gravity.
WE'RE DOOMED!!!!!!!
Mike
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Which of the universities did they do the survey at?
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Doesn't say, OJ. Just that it was a survey commissioned by Birmingham Science City as part of National Science and Technology Week. I don't think it's one to take too seriously - but I'd bet the results aren't too far from reality.
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hee hee good results! 
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Are you implying none of those things are true, surely not ... I time travel nearly every day, forwards from 9 am to 5 pm in a matter of minutes. Can't seem to do it on wet days though, must be a scientific explanation for that temporal anomaly.MKG wrote:44% thought memory-erasing a la Men in Black was real.
30% thought time travel exists.
24% thought teleportation happens.
22% thought light sabres a la Star Wars existed.
18% thought they could see gravity.
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Typical brummies... everyone knows light sabres were around before star wars....MKG wrote:In a recent survey for Birmingham Science Project (3000 people took part) ...
44% thought memory-erasing a la Men in Black was real.
30% thought time travel exists.
24% thought teleportation happens.
22% thought light sabres a la Star Wars existed.
18% thought they could see gravity.
WE'RE DOOMED!!!!!!!
Mike
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memory erasing is certainly possible - but needs an alcohol catalyst
time travel IS possible, but only forwards at 1 second per second
teleportation clearly happens - or why do I have so many odd socks?
time travel IS possible, but only forwards at 1 second per second
teleportation clearly happens - or why do I have so many odd socks?
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...& as for seeing gravity; isn't that what Brummies put on their chips & go 'Ahhh Bisto'?
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To be fair teleportation does exist - but currently only at the level of subattomic particles - search New Scientist
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Ha ha physics, gotta love it!
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Approximately 27% of people will give silly answers to surveys for a laugh.
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True indeed, Dunc - and you can do just about anything with a good percentage. It was only a few weeks ago that I read a group of US senators were astounded when they learned that 50% of the US population had below-average intelligence.
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MKG wrote:True indeed, Dunc - and you can do just about anything with a good percentage. It was only a few weeks ago that I read a group of US senators were astounded when they learned that 50% of the US population had below-average intelligence.
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