The interweb has been lit up this past few hours with news of a survey taken by Birmingham Science City that states a large percentage of ‘Brits’ believe lightsabre’s, hoverboards, teleportation and memory-erasing technology to be real:
Perhaps inspired by TV favourites such as Doctor Who and Ashes to Ashes, nearly a third of Britons (30%) believe that time travel is actually possible. The results were revealed in a survey, launched at the start of National Science and Engineering Week (11-20 March) by Birmingham Science City (www.birminghamsciencecity.co.uk), which aimed to see just how blurred the lines between science and fiction really are.
Other findings included:
1. Over a fifth of adults incorrectly believe lightsabres exist.
2. Nearly a quarter (24%) of people are wrong in their belief that humans can be teleported.
3. Nearly 50% of adults wrongly believe that memory-erasing technology exists.
4. More than 40% of people incorrectly believe that hover boards exist.
5. Nearly one fifth (18%) of adults have the incorrect view that they can see gravity.
As a proud Brummie I would like to point out the following:
1. The people of North Shields are convinced Greedo always shot first.
2. People in Barnsley believe that only folks dressed as Darth Vader rob banks and operate Jedi Temples.
3. In Borehamwood it’s still believed that a village populated by small, furry creatures from the forest moon of Endor used to occupy what is now Tesco car park.
…I rest my case…