It would be interesting to see how many of these people are religious, too.

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, 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 light sabres 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.




  1. f_w says:

    “3. Nearly 50% of adults wrongly believe that memory-erasing technology exists.”
    So they have never heard of date rape drugs.
    (do not remember their names atm)
    Or electric shock therapy?
    You know, electricity applied to the brain of a subject to hopefully cure em of things like depression and other brain maladies.



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