Neil deGrasse Tyson: ‘Make America Smart Again’

[mentalfloss]

I'm sure a big fat wall will help immensely in that respect :lol:

 

[petros]

If building walls in inherently evil and anti-Latino, why did Mexico build a wall?

 

[Machjo]

Hooray for immigrants.

Are you presuming that 50% represents immigrants?

 

[Mowich]

I'm not sure where you got your ranking from. Maybe you meant South Korea. The top five nations are generally considered to be Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. However, it is actually difficult to measure educational standards across national boundaries as subjects like history and literature are quite different from nation to nation. That leaves only subjects like math and science and requires that the students being compared all take a common exam.

Cosmos is one of the very best series on TV, IMO.

 

[mentalfloss]

If building walls in inherently evil and anti-Latino, why did Mexico build a wall?

If making obviously stupid comments just derail a thread, why do you still post?

 

[EagleSmack]

Triggered.

It is clearly obvious that you are... do need a safe space?

*snicker*

 

[mentalfloss]

You actually couldn't resist a response :lol:

 

[EagleSmack]

You actually couldn't resist a response :lol:

What can I say...I am enjoying your pain.

 

[mentalfloss]

It means you're triggered.

I bet you can't avoid this one either.

 

[Jinentonix]

I'm not sure where you got your ranking from. Maybe you meant South Korea. The top five nations are generally considered to be Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. However, it is actually difficult to measure educational standards across national boundaries as subjects like history and literature are quite different from nation to nation. That leaves only subjects like math and science and requires that the students being compared all take a common exam.

They have those actual ranking based on math and science. I mentioned it in another thread in here. The US ranked 29th, the UK ranked around 20th, and Canada ranked 10th. The results are for 15 yr olds and according to OECD rankings.

Other rankings show for overall education, Canada ranks 7th.

Statistically, around half of working-age Canadians (between the ages of 16 and 65) is functionally literate in neither official language.

To be fair, more than three quarters of Canadians speak an unofficial language as a mother tongue. But still, around 50% functional literacy in neither official language is nothing to write home about.

Where the hell did you pull those "facts" from? Canada's literacy rate in English and/or French is no less than 99%.
And only 11% of Canadians speak something other than English or French in the home, ie; their mother tongue. Oddly enough, the numbers you post are more inline with immigrant skills and abilities. Around 50% of work age immigrants speak neither official language and have zero job skills. Quite a few are also functionally illiterate in their own languages.
So yeah, the quality of immigrant stock Canada is currently taking in is certainly nothing to write home about.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Neil deGrasse Tyson: ‘Make America Smart Again

What's with the "again" part?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Neil deGrasse Tyson: ‘Make America Smart Again

What's with the "again" part?

Twelve human beings have walked on the Moon. They were all Americans.

 

[Bar Sinister]

Tyson is a celebrity, science is not his thing,he's a retard.

Right. Astrophysicists tend to be very low in intelligence. Who is next on your list: Einstein, Hawking?