I don't think you can draw the conclusion that there is an education failure or people are being irrational from the results of that survey question, as it was left kind of vague and open ended. Based on an personal experience, and some less formal surveys of related groups, of the people who would say they are less than 100% human, only a very small proportion, small singled digit percent, claimed it was in any way biologically less than 100% human (not to be confused with thinking one has similar traits to their fursona species). Instead the vast majority who considered themselves partially nonhuman, said it was in spirit, or in some more abstract sense of identity.
Maybe the relative proportion of ways to answer "yes" to the "do you consider yourself less than 100% human," have changed over time, or are different with furries than a few other related groups. But you can't really tell from those results.
I don't think you can draw the conclusion that there is an education failure or people are being irrational from the results of that survey question, as it was left kind of vague and open ended. Based on an personal experience, and some less formal surveys of related groups, of the people who would say they are less than 100% human, only a very small proportion, small singled digit percent, claimed it was in any way biologically less than 100% human (not to be confused with thinking one has similar traits to their fursona species). Instead the vast majority who considered themselves partially nonhuman, said it was in spirit, or in some more abstract sense of identity.
Maybe the relative proportion of ways to answer "yes" to the "do you consider yourself less than 100% human," have changed over time, or are different with furries than a few other related groups. But you can't really tell from those results.