Questioning College Students about Science
Posted by admin on Sep 14, 2008 in college students |
This is a video we made for a class in which we interview college students (mostly) about general science questions.
IMPORTANT: The purpose of this video is not to make people look stupid.
Rather, we wanted to probe how much a rather well-educated group knew about basic science questions. I believe we show just about everyone we interviewed, and the replies shown are pretty typical of the average response.
Duration : 0:22:3
It’s painful to …
It’s painful to watch these people. Yikes.
REALLY GREAT POOKIE …
REALLY GREAT POOKIE!!
better than other of yours
my thoughts exactly …
my thoughts exactly…
Pollitically corect …
Pollitically corect or not, these guys are just:
PLAIN STUPID.
The saddest thing is that they would think southamerica is full of naked tribal people
Arrrgghh! Honestly! …
Arrrgghh! Honestly!! Most of this stuff should have been learned since high school, man! O well… at least most get the ‘earthquake’ question right… Though I still wonder if that’s by rote of if they actually understand the concept.
And that dude with funny hat is just full of hot-air! The more he tries to impress with technical terms/names, the more apparent it is that he has no clues what he’s talking about. As Feynman would say… pompous fool!
Thanks for posting this alarming clip.
UCSB? Don’t they …
UCSB? Don’t they all major in surfing and sun bathing?
Given it’s CA, no wonder they all knew the earthquake question. I thought the results were pretty much in line with expectations given the range of students found at UCSB. I was tricked on one question, forgetting skin was classified as an organ :doh:
cool, I’ll send you …
cool, I’ll send you a degree in the mail! it’s from the indonesian university college of finer arts in balikpapen though….
1.622 Kg/3.5684 lbs …
1.622 Kg/3.5684 lbs assuming by evacuate you mean purely urination. Wheres my degree???
sorry, ment oxide.
sorry, ment oxide.
dihydrogen monoxide …
dihydrogen monoxide, Lol!
I like the last guy …
I like the last guy, the guy tried to relate modern physics to every question.
he faked a lot of …
he faked a lot of it though…
those idiots …
those idiots represent the stupidity of america!!!
Not as bad as I …
Not as bad as I could have feared. A lot of them actually got most of ‘em right.
I liked the trick question about the hazards of water
Oh and the guy in the weird hat? Came across as the brightest of the bunch.
I knew them all.
I knew them all.
Students, …
Students, Scientists and those interested in investigating the Orb Phenomena orbs4us com is your crossreference material page.
2:18 that guy was …
2:18 that guy was so high
I loved how that …
I loved how that guy took the Heisenburg uncertainty principle and interpreted philosophically.
- 1 liter H2O = 1 …
- 1 liter H2O = 1 kg (2.2 lbs)
- dry diaper weight is 250 grams
- assume evacuated fluid is same weight as pure water and the diaper has no leakage
here’s a real …
here’s a real science question: an astronaut is wearing a diaper and drives from Houston to Orlando non-stop over a 12 hour period. if the astronaut drinks 1 liter of water every 3.5 hours and evacuates 40% of the water during the trip, how much does the diaper weigh (in pounds) upon reaching Orlando assuming one diaper can hold the entire amount?
Good work. Keep it …
Good work. Keep it up!
As a follow-up …
As a follow-up project you should go ask these same questions to some politicians
Ah, good to know. …
Ah, good to know. thanks.
It is actually most …
It is actually most correct to say simply “hydrogen oxide”. You only need the “mono” prefix to distinguish it from other compounds, for example both carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide are molecules, so we don’t call either carbon oxide. With water, “hydrogen oxide” is the correct “scientific” term, but of course everyone should understand you using any of the related terms with extra prefixes. Let’s just call it water.
Hey, I thought they …
Hey, I thought they all were surprisingly science literate. I missed two questions: I thought that the earth was ~3B years old, and I guessed that Venus might be the closest to the sun. Also, I think it is more correct to say dihydrogen monoxide for water. Good times