Have you ever known someone who did not know or comprehend something which you consider pretty BASIC and FUNDAMENTAL?

A few years ago, a woman friend of mine who is still in the normal I.Q. range (but probably less intelligent than anyone on this board) asked me what would happen if an airplane hit a star.

I have also known someone who said that all the words in the English language came from the Bible (and that the Bible was originally King James English) via lexicons and dictionaries compiled via Daniel Webster.

I’ve known someone who, during a city-wide blackout, thought the magic solution to their home being without electricity was to be found by flipping a few breakers.

Most of the ignorance I encounter involves basic facts about outer space and the planets.

Let us try to leave out political opinions and current religious beliefs (unless they involve distortions of history that some sects believe). For instance—belief in “intelligent design” is an opinion held by many and not a position of “ignorance.” But if someone believed that you can fall off the face of the Earth (since its round) and only God is holding us to it—that would be ignorance.

This is not to poke fun or hate towards anyone. It just surprises me sometimes what some people (of near normal intelligence) actually think and believe.