http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/03/17/2010-03-17_survey_british_students_say_buzz_lightyear_luke_skywalker_first_men_on_moon.html
I’m not sure whether or not the results of this survey should be of any concern given the age of the students.
“The students, who ranged in age from 4 to 16, responded with a slew of creative answers that included:
"Toy Story"'s Lightyear was the first man to set foot on the moon (it was Neil Armstrong). Luke Skywalker from "Star Wars" also was named.
Sir Isaac Newton invented fire, while others answered he created the Internet (he actually developed the theory of gravity).
Alexander Graham Bell was named by a majority of students as the inventor of the telephone, but other answers included the Queen of England and Charles Darwin (who developed the theory of evolution).”
The responses are almost laughable though again we have to consider the age of the respondents. It’s likely that they have never been educated on the issue (though oddly they are familiar with the names of people like Newton and Darwin so how they don’t know what these people actually did is strange).
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