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@The_Master_Chief338 Says:
How the heck these college students are so dumb man😂 even a 5 year old knows these things
@TimZoet Says:
Replace 'people' with 'Americans'. There is a big difference between education in America and Europe. Thank you
@sasa11133 Says:
Observable = a pixel in a 32k picture
@CoTyyy Says:
Yo is that MKBHD at 4:46?
@CoTyyy Says:
Another America moment
@i333m7 Says:
Americans 😮😂
@foliagedcarcass9116 Says:
Where do you find these people?
@leonpontin5169 Says:
I think every 10yo in europe could answer right
@sauravkumar3278 Says:
Universe > galaxy > star > planet > moon
In my knowledge, some stars are much bigger than some galaxies but I could be wrong
@__-fi6xg Says:
did they skip highschool, is this fr, this must be fake right?
@sjnsjn3313 Says:
America's failing 😭😭😭😭
@bryanramos7667 Says:
Fascinating how education dwindled to such situation. Science and Technology advances, but not everyone gives a damn about it. I am very enthusiastic about new discoveries and tech developments but of course not everybody is like me. My son, my nephew (who has autism), my uncle, my mom and my neighbors got it right when i asked the same question.
@ohyea456 Says:
12.
@Baalthazaq Says:
I feel like I was close to all these answers even though I was an order of magnitude off half the time.
Me: "10 billion" "It's actually 100 Billion" "Aww man...".
People in the video: "3?"
Me: "Ok, I guess I did great".
@NotFamousDude69 Says:
Yea america is fucked
@thew2646 Says:
My drunk uncle is smarter than those students, are we doomed ☠️☠️
@ForClosure Says:
Bro we are cooked 😭
@dustinyager11 Says:
I googled how many stars in a galaxy and google said 100M not 100B. was Derek wrong?
@Deku_nuts Says:
The hardest face Palm ive ever had to perform
@MrLogicAndReason Says:
Do people also struggle with the size order of:
House, city, country, planet?
@SirTomo1 Says:
There is no hope.
@stargazzer9166 Says:
Americans. ☕️
@thomasyu2198 Says:
But doesn’t the sun count as a moon of Sgr A*?
@joshwhalen17 Says:
Anyone who wants to roast these kids for cosmological ignorance should take a quick look at their own Google search history. Completely unrelated, totally not personal example, "Can I cook chicken breast with a waffle iron".
Every one of us is an idiot to somebody out there.
@joshwhalen17 Says:
At first I thought they were just editing out the knowledgeable people they ran into...
Then I remembered the Jimmy Kimmel bit where they gave UCLA undergrads increasing denominations of money if they could name the dead guy on said denomination. Live TV, dunno if anyone cleared five dollars.
@truthhurts9244 Says:
12:26 “Every young couple in love” *proceeds to show 2 dudes*
Lol what if those were just 2 homies chattin bout the universe? Assuming they’re brokeback mountaineers just because one is twirling a flower is offensive. 😂
@truthhurts9244 Says:
LMAO college huh?
@bartstudnicki5041 Says:
People be like WhEn aM I GoiNg To UsE tHiS?!
@evanrayswenson Says:
I feel like people are knowledgeable in terms of what’s politically/economically relevant. We’re living in dire socioeconomic, so people are more concerned about that than they are about science, even though both are pretty relevant.
@EvanSlater-gv7tu Says:
Was that kid David Grush?!
@olgerkhan9331 Says:
Tbh that the sun is basically everything our solarsystem contains was mindblown. I mean i shoudnt be surprised but i am.
@shadow_the_wanderer Says:
Naw chill wtf
@juvival1758 Says:
Average American education Moment
@LuigiAiello-fc8nc Says:
2 trillion galaxies are way too short.
Maybe about 100 quadrillion galaxies would be ok. Also not every galaxy has 100 billion stars, a few has more and a few has less
@LuigiAiello-fc8nc Says:
Fun fact: if we take all the people and divide their blood vessels dnas etc. we could reach ton - 618
@TheRegularChannel225 Says:
moon - planet - star - galaxy - universe
@danneukirch4486 Says:
He looks like Rowan from viva la dirt league!
@BertieWard-yr1zl Says:
Bro I'm 10 and this. Is so ez how are they getting it wrong
@K1YROS Says:
"how did you know im american?"
@utsav0309 Says:
People are dumb
@The-TAC-Chief Says:
When i feel dumb i remind myself, theese americans exist
@eddyv6731 Says:
Nah sorry, i disagree with accepting that this is ok. I don’t care if you’re not a science person. It is unacceptable for you to think the moon is bigger than the universe. Losing faith in everyone around me more and more
@Ch1ckeNug01 Says:
This is so sad to watch. I wish people understood space.
@Auvas_Damask Says:
I swear I didn't let the video spoil me, but the order is very clear from the largest to the smallest: universe, galaxies, stars, planets and moons. So I feel a bit sorry for anyone who doesn't have this basic knowledge.
@marvinbethel9556 Says:
What a God!
@giantmutantbug Says:
Of course, this kind of question seems very easy to most people. However, for most people, and most career paths, you won't really need to know this.
@araarashinigami Says:
Herein lies the core failing of a democracy...
@illturralli Says:
This worries me, a lot.
These people are our future, but they fail extremely basic ASTRONOMICAL questions... Heck those two couldn't even get that one right.
What does this mean for our future as our population grows?
It means that we're gonna have both more competent people, but we're gonna have tenfold that amount in incompetent people.
How are we going to manage that in every single aspect of our society?
@IamLion2000 Says:
"we´re not astrology majors". she was absent in class when the teacher discussed that subject
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