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Bayer Facts of Science Education Survey

Bayer Facts Of Science Eduction IX
Americans' Views on the Role of Science & Technology in U.S. National Defense

Science Fact vs. Science Fiction

Q.21: To the best of your knowledge, please tell me if each of the following are actually science fact or are they science fiction. First... If you do not know, please tell me that as well.
  • A combat suit that can medically treat wounded soldiers on the battlefield
  • A flashlight-like device that can see through walls
  • A nuclear resonance laser that turns lead into gold
  • A flying vehicle that uses an anti-gravity shield to hover over one location

Most respondents in the survey were aware that a nuclear resonance laser that turns lead into gold is science fiction. Three in five believed incorrectly that a combat suit that can medically treat wounded soldiers on the battlefield was science fiction.

The public was mixed as to whether or not a flashlight-like device that can see through walls was science fact or science fiction. It's science fact.

Lastly, 42% believed that a flying vehicle that uses an anti-gravity shield to hover over one location was science fact - 50% correctly believed it to be science fiction. Eight percent said they did not know.



Science Fact vs. Science Fiction

  Science Fact
%		 Science Fiction
%		 Don't know
%
A combat suit that can medically treat wounded soldiers 31 60 9
A flashlight-like device that can see through walls 45 46 9
A nuclear resonance laser that turns lead into gold 5 87 8
A flying vehicle that uses an anti-gravity shield to hover over one location 42 50 8



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