The English: Gullible or Uneducated?

Cornelius · Post by **Cornelius** » 2004-04-07 03:21pm

Fictional events that we believe did take place
War of the Worlds , Martian invasion - 6 per cent
Battle of Helms Deep , Rings Trilogy - The Two Towers - 3 per cent
Battle of Endor , The Return of the Jedi - 2 per cent
Planet of the Apes , the apes rule Earth - 1 per cent
Battlestar Galactica , the defeat of humanity by cyborgs - 1 per cent

No one can possibly do that. Battle of Helms Deep? WHere the hell do you find orcs in real life?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-04-07 05:47pm

Edmund Blackadder - 1 per cent

Well he should be real, damnit!

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2004-04-07 06:08pm

TheDarkling wrote:
Nathan F wrote:Or, it's possible alot of people *are* this ignorant. I mean, if I had edited this around to say United States, then I seriously doubt that much fuss would be put up about it. But, as I said, I really would like to see what the results would be in the US, most likely worse...
I would have trouble believing 6% of any western population thought we had been invaded by Vampiric Squids from Mars 100 years ago, even Americans.

Well, back in the 30s when they did a radio broadcast of it, some people thought it was really the end of the world...

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-04-07 06:11pm

I don't think people should be focussing on the English alone. I shudder to think what the majority of inner city youths or hillbillies think of history and geography in this country. I have heard some very scary statements of fact from people on my commute to work.