Let the american decide

[Osmium Steele]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

While I will agree with you up to a point, there's no way of phrasing the question, skewing the question, etc. that would make me answer that the sun revolves around the Earth.

Ah, but polls are not about about a single person. We are talking about sampling a slice of a population. I know I could find an appropriate sample to show that 60% of americans DO believe that the sun orbits the earth.

For example, I'd only need to find 3 people who already believe it, ask 2 more people who don't, and voila.

Manipulate the sample size/content, and you can "prove" almost anything.