One -third of the Russians believe that the sun rotates around the Earth - a survey of VCVGD

Over the past fifteen years, this figure has increased by seven percentage points. 12% of the citizens of the aggressor country are convinced that one rotation around the sun is carried out in a month. As specified, in 2007, 14% of respondents were given the following answer, and in 2011 - 20%. Every fifth resident of the Russian Federation (21%) believes that primitive people lived simultaneously with dinosaurs. In 2007, 30% of respondents had similar scientific mistakes.

The high proportion of erroneous answers is associated with GMOs: 44% of Russians believe that genetically modified products can cause cancer. 7% of those polled said that radioactive milk can be safe if boiled. This figure is twice less than 15 years ago: in 2007, this answer was given by 14% of respondents. According to sociologists, Russians with low levels of scientific literacy distinguish their older age.

Thus, in a group of people over 60 years of age, 33% of respondents gave no more than two correct answers to questions. Among the illiterate are the most common active viewers (43%); Village residents (32%) and people with secondary and lower education (31-55%). High level of scientific literacy is most common among young people (61% of 18-24-year-old gave 5 or more correct answers). The indicator is also affected by active Internet consumption (49%) and higher education (45%).

1,600 Russians aged 18 years took part in the survey conducted by the telephone interview method. The marginal error with a probability of 95% does not exceed 2. 5%. Recall that 30% of Russians stand for the end of the war in Ukraine. The study showed that the older respondents, the more followers of the continuation of Putin's current policy on Ukraine.