Tuesday, December 10, 2013

The American Public Knows Less About the World than You May Realize.


1000 people in the United States were asked ten questions. Here are the results for a couple of them:



If we assume that people are less educated than they really are, will we expect less of them in other ways? If so, that is a dangerous ignorance.

If we fail to understand that poverty has been alleviated to a historically unprecedented degree, will we lose faith in poverty alleviation? If so, that is a dangerous ignorance.

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