Americans Lead in Scientific Literacy Stephen Fung February 18, 2007 Extras That’s great! However, 70 percent of American’s still cannot understand the New York Times science section… “A slightly higher proportion of American adults qualify as scientifically literate than European or Japanese adults, but the truth is that no major industrial nation in the world today has a sufficient number of scientifically literate adults,” he said. “We should take no pride in a finding that 70 percent of Americans cannot read and understand the science section of the New York Times.” Source: Press ESC Via:Digg Share This With The World!
