Kevin Wampler wrote:
> This reminds me of a story told by my high school physics teacher about
> a survey done to test people's understanding of basic science concepts
> which contained the question:
> 
> "is there gravity on the moon"
> 
> A large number of people got this wrong, which is odd but maybe not so
> surprising.  What's more surprising is that the they were then asked:
> 
> "You've seen the videos of people walking on the moon, if there's no
> gravity how do they do that?"
> 
> Some people changed their answer at this point, but aparently a large
> number responded:
> 
> "Because they have heavy boots!"
> 
> I completely fail to understand the reasoning that would give rise to
> such a conclusion.

	Trust me, I had this very discussion (with the same and similar
nonsensical answers) with a number of my high school friends in those days.


-- 
I think animal testing is a terrible idea. They get all nervous and give
the wrong answers.


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