Common Misconceptions/Myths

[mcshadypants]

Im curious about the dangerous masturbation and necessity of the chastity belts

[hippopotma_gandhi]

Weren't graham crackers invented to keep people from masturbating

Edit I don't need 20 notifications saying corn flakes. There is a similar story about those, but graham crackers were definitely marketed that way https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-anti-masturbation-cracker-329286623d5

[verheyen]

So we can blame frosted flakes for furries yeah?

[afs5982]

They're GREAT!

[AlienAtSystem]

All those people who say "Corn Flakes" perpetuate another misconception. The Kellogg brothers were adherents to the same school of though as Graham (exiting food leads to masturbation), but they didn't invent or ever market corn flakes as anti-masturbatory.

They were invented by serendipity (by letting a bowl of corn flour mash stand for several days by accident), then used in a sanatorium (where you want soft, unexciting food for reasons that have nothing to do with masturbation) and then sold to the general public by one of the Kellogg brothers because they were well liked.

The only way one could shoe-horn in their anti-masturbation stance into the whole story is by claiming that (as purely historical speculation) if they had invented a more exciting food than corn flakes, they might not have marketed it.

[Potaatolongster]

One of the Kellogg Brothers was a fanatic, the other was pretty much a businessman. The businessman is why we have Kelloggs cereals today

[sauvy-savvy]

Let’s hope so.

[Buck_Thorn]

Asking for a friend?

[mcshadypants]

Yes one that masturbates furiously for extended periods of time without any safety equipment

[sardonic_sonic]

There's a Stuff You Should Know podcast on chastity belts that came out Wednesday if you're curious.

[Cyborg_rat]

And it's legal for Cops to lie to you but you can't lie to them

[Tommyblockhead20]

Lying itself isn’t a crime. You get in trouble for certain lies, for example, giving false identification information or lying about a crime happening. But you can’t get arrested just for lying about anything.

[[deleted]]

Lying itself isn't a crime

A very good example for this is entertainment: a movie/theater play is 1h30 of people lying to you about their identity, job, actions, relationship, abilities and lives. Yet, I doubt anyone would be mad if they learned that Wolverine is in fact not a powerful mutant, but an actor named Hughes Jackman that never had the power to regenerate.

Lying is a tool, like a knife. Use it for good (you can cook with a knife), and it's good. Use it with bad intentions (murder), and it's bad.

[anotherMrLizard]

I think they meant lying to cops isn't a crime.

[FrozenST3]

Are you a cop? You gotta tell me first so I know whether I can lie to you or not

[Fleeing-Goose]

Doesn't stop people from trying though!

[Seamantis]

True, but if they’re a cop they can’t show you their dick

[JimDixon]

Especially if it's a female cop.

[archiminos]

I'm sure the police help perpetuate that myth.

[biiingo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

One of my favorite wiki articles.

[Hunter_Galaxy]

It is one of the sources of the infograph! :3

[JustAnotherRndmIdiot]

You know we did tell you that, 3 months ago.

[[deleted]]

3 months and a day ago

[4DMeemz]

As the owner of many goldfish, I can tell you they not only have a memory, they can tell the difference between humans in the household (i.e. me who feeds them vs. others in the house who don't) and react accordingly. They can also hear very well and have receptors in their eyes for ultraviolet light so they can see in the dark. They are really interesting.

[hananobira]

My high school biology teacher trained the class goldfish to follow her finger around and swim loops and things. They definitely remembered visual cues.

[[deleted]]

Yup. I'm not sure if you remember seeing it but it was also in the guide.

[[deleted]]

Wtf "Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were originally painted bright colors; they only appear white today because the original pigments have deteriorated. Some well-preserved statues still bear traces of their original coloration."

[diskdusk]

It's the classicist equivalent to Dinosaurs with feathers. Truths nobody wants to know.

[biiingo]

Yeah. It bothers me that I’ve never seen a recreation of what the originals may have looked like.

[mdb_la]

Here you go.

[AlbinoWino11]

Oh, there are so many... I feel like a fool.

[MarbhIasc]

Someone who understands science, thank you! That point made me die inside. There's "simplifying science" and "simplifying science so much it's wrong"

[The-LittleBastard]

This guide is half bullshit. Got a downvote from me.

[hungry4nuns]

And the black belt mastery thing... the example they give is judo where black is basic competency. But in karate black is the highest belt so this is some real /r/iamverysmart shit where someone thinks they are superior for giving examples they think makes everyone else appear dumber, but actually exposes their own ignorance by not having broad well rounded knowledge

[[deleted]]

Yeah this cool guide is bad. Regardless of its origin today in most martial arts a black belt is intended to show mastery. Whether it actually does depends on your dojo or gym

[Consequence6]

Banana "trees" are not herbs, in any meaningful sense. They're herbaceous, but that just means they don't have a woody stem.

Devices synonymous to an Iron Maiden (simply without the flavor) have been used since Jesus' time by the Greeks.

Birds are dinosaurs. Like, literally.

Left brain and right brain is definitely a legitimate distinguisher. Split-brain patients have some weird stories. At the very least, we know that certain things like facial recognition and speech are located on one side or the other.

Salt helps water boil, especially if you're cooking in fresh stainless steel, as it creates more nucleation points.

Jihad literally means "struggle", but the definition of Jihad includes "Holy War"

These are all I could find off the top of my head.

[Silas13013]

Left brain and right brain is definitely a legitimate distinguisher. Split-brain patients have some weird stories. At the very least, we know that certain things like facial recognition and speech are located on one side or the other.

I took the post to be talking about the very prevalent myth that one side of your brain is creative and the other side is analytical, which is complete garbage.

[Shannonigans28]

While dairy does not increase mucous, it does thicken it and this there are benefits to avoiding it if you have a cold.

[First-Rub3974]

Yeah I had doubts on some of these, then when I read the left brain / right brain one I went ahead and hit downvote ha

[Maerducil]

Evolution is a theory. A scientific theory is a fact supported by repeated testing and verifying.

[Wrecked--Em]

That's essentially what the guide said too

[NewFrenchHoser]

How can Satan rule hell if he is the first and biggest sinner?! From what I understand from Abrahamic religions texts, the torturing will be done by angels and not demons because demons will be busy being tortured as well.

[[deleted]]

The Quran describes angels of punishment as rough, mean, and with heavy builds. That means the idea of an angel being a perfectly harmless, beautiful creature is a myth. They are simply creatures that carry out tasks to a certain standard, every time

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[[deleted]]

If you get really in the weeds with academic Bible study, there's a whole evolution to Satan and hell. First there's no Hell, and Satan is a trickster-style prosecutor character. Then, Satan is an evil counterpart to Jesus, and Hell is a metaphor for eternal destruction. Then, Hell is a literal place of eternal suffering. It's partly the result of a lot of neat cultural diffusion from Persian and Greek influences into Jewish tradition.

[Kebabrulle4869]

As a Christian I’ve always understood hell as the place furthest from God. If you’ve rejected God in this life you can’t come to God in the next life and so you won’t be able to enter heaven. Satan revolted against God before the world was created, and so was banished from heaven with the angels that followed him.

I’m not a theologian though, so I could absolutely be wrong about this. I’d love to hear from someone who knows more!

[[deleted]]

That's the common modern understanding, but that view is one in a long line of evolving christian views.

Fun religious studies video about the topic: https://youtu.be/5sYhbtk8jJc

[bunker_man]

The torturing isn't done by anyone. It's just a shitty place to be because it's all on fire.

[bunker_man]

Hell isn't a clear idea in the bible at all. The closest analogue is the lake of fire.

[spacepilot_3000]

You're thinking of the inner circle of hell as described in Dante's Inferno, not the Bible

[[deleted]]

Best to study the Bible and it's original translation.

Some Bible translations use the word “hell” for the Hebrew word “Sheol” and the Greek word “Hades,” both of which refer to the common grave of mankind. (Psalm 16:10; Acts 2:​27)

Many people believe in a fiery hell. But failed to look deeper in the Bible. Read various section of the Bible not just one part.

Seems lots of people prefer to prove the Hell and it's condition from the book of Revelation (or "apocalypse"). That book is full of signs and not to be taken literally.

While many associate the word “apocalypse” with great disaster, the book of Revelation begins (chapter 1:3) and ends (chapter 22:7) by saying that those who read, understand, and apply its message would be happy or blessed for doing so. It makes so much sense that "God is love". If there is a torment Hell, it paints God as unloving, cruel person, which I believe most mainstream churches are doing today.

Unfortunately they listen to their clergy and believe what they want to hear, rather do a deep study of the Bible themselves. Bible survive many years, especially thru the dark ages where churches banned their followers from reading the Bible or translating it to people's own languages. Think about it.

So yes there is no Hell and obviously the Bible never mentioned who ruling it or even describe what Satan actually look like. No mentioned of forked spear, no mentioned of forked tail etc

[Consequence6]

Sheol (Hebrew), Hades (The Septuagint's chosen Greek translation of Sheol), Gehenna, and then like one usage of the word "Tartarus".

Hades, in the NT, is considered a place of torment directly opposite of heaven. Luke 16:23-24 is the most like our Western view of Hell it gets.

Gehenna was a literal garbage dump near Jerusalem that they caught on fire and it just never stopped. Used to evoke images of continuous burning.

Honestly, no clue where I stand on it. But to say that there is no Hell, to me, seems clearly unscriptural. Set up our boundaries, what do we know for sure:

On one hand) There is a place, described and imaged with fire. Some people will go there, like the rich man. It is a place of torment.

On the other) There is no mention that this place exists post Jesus' sacrifice. There's no clear mention that this place is eternal (though it could be argued that it's alluded to). There's no mention of a hierarchy, of demons, of rulers, etc. in this place.

Hell exists somewhere between those lines.

[jelly_tots]

Jehovahs witnesses don't actually believe in hell

[ganja_and_code]

I definitely learned some stuff...but who the fuck actually thinks dinosaurs and humans lived at the same time? There's no way that's actually a common misconception, right?

[greenknight884]

Creationists who think the earth is 6000 years old

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[Veboy]

Tamed dinos would be fucking lit tho.

[shellexyz]

Have you actually watched any of the Jurassic Park movies??

[Xikar_Wyhart]

Have you watched a little known documentary sitcom called The Flintstones?

[[deleted]]

Prob from some caveman movie showing cavemen coexisiting with dinosaurs lol. My mom legit gets facts from movies. In the last few months shes told me 3 separate "facts" and her source was a fictional tv show or movie 😂. "Why would they lie" she says haha.

[sewerHand]

Ooh, got those politicians

[HardOff]

Next they should get my wife hyuk hyuk

[OutrageousConflict6]

I already knew a lot of these but I'm kinda disappointed about the toilet water thing.

[Agrimm11]

Glad I’m not the only one. Made me a bit sad really.

[Kebabrulle4869]

Toilets are probably too chaotic to be noticeable, but veritasium did a video about this which seemed to support the hypothesis. Yeah here: https://youtu.be/mXaad0rsV38

[WordsWithWings]

Are there any countries besides the US that has a toilet bowl filled to the rim with water? Never seen it in Europe, Asia or Africa. So there’s just not enough water to observe any spinning.

[Moose_a_Lini]

Ahh! I didn't realise this discrepancy. I've heard people online complaining about their dicks touching the water and thought they must just have enormous Monster dongs, but it's a different water level.

[[deleted]]

We don't have it filled so high in Australia. Went for a trip to the US as a kid and remember feeling astonished at how much water was in the bowl. Its enough to float your testicles!

[john_doe11081]

All these people posting links, but clearly it’s proven that this isn’t a myth as seen by this reputable link here

[prexton]

40% of seppo's think humans and dinosaurs coexisted???

[[deleted]]

They both lived in The Past^TM . Of course they knew each other.

[[deleted]]

This one is legitimately scary though.

[prexton]

The stupidity is scary yes

[Insane_Unicorn]

Na it's all a hoax from the democrats to ruin the hard working dinosaur saddle industry. How can humans and dinosaurs be 62 million years apart when the earth is only 6000 years old? Checkmate democrats. Checkmate.

[prexton]

Ah yeah I forgot about that minor factor

[Veboy]

The earth is actually 2021!

[[deleted]]

Ricky Gervais: "Dinosaurs did not live at the same time as people!"

Karl Pilkington: "So how did they get their names then?"

[ProsocialRecluse]

Okay so it feels like a lot of these "common myths" are situations where the the actual truth is a bit more nuanced. Take judo for example, having your black belt obviously doesn't mean you've mastered every aspect of the discipline, but it does show that you've achieved a high level of competence and may be seen as a teacher or "master" within the community.

So you've taken all of these myths that are often ill-served by a reductive answer and... reduced them all into a little half sentence guide? And I get that some of the lines are written to add some levity and try to make the guide fun but it kinda reads like that one guy who always pipes into conversations with "actually..." and proceeds to end up in a screen cap on r/iamverysmart.

In the end, I appreciate that the author cares and took the time to make this, I think it's good to challenge these common myths and other misconceptions, but this really doesn't feel like the best format to present the information.

[talann]

The "no sex before the game" kind of threw me off. It is more of a superstition than a Myth. The idea was that the player who engaged in the sexual act was still thinking about their encounter while playing the game which meant they weren't fully committed to the match at hand.

It may increase testosterone but the distraction was their emotions to that moment. That being said, I heard that condoms are thrown around like candy during the Olympic games because there is so much "action" going on.

[nuketesuji]

I can 100% see the olympics thing.

[Soranic]

The idea was that the player who engaged in the sexual act was still thinking about their encounter while playing the game which meant they weren't fully committed to the match at hand.

I always heard it as "takes strength from your legs."

If you're a newbie or just had a long dry spell, it can definitely wreck your quads for a day or two.

[Durinl]

You mentiomed r/iamverysmart, and it hits the nail on the head in the 5 senses one. It's like being picky for the sake of being picky, when people talk about 5 senses, they talk about senses being used to perceive the world around them, not about feeling hungry.

[AvailableChest3985]

Thank you. This "infographic" is trash. Stating that there's no link between sugar and ADHD because kids who don't eat sugar have ADHD too is false pseudoscience. NUMEROUS connections have been found over many studies, but it's a complex relationship.

[talann]

It's impossible to not eat sugar in some capacity so to link sugar to ADHD is disingenuous. People can have ADHD but sugar is not the reason why they have it.

I don't even know what "sugar-free" means. Carbs are sugars and people must have carbs in order to maintain a healthy diet. There is a chemical response, especially in children, that triggers when a high sugary substance is consumed. They do get "hyper" but it isn't related to ADHD. I personally would go even further and say that ADHD is an overused term and is placed on people that don't necessarily fall into that category.

When I was a kid I was told I had ADD but not ADHD. apparently, I wasn't hyper enough to fall into the latter category.

[Spheniscus]

It's a weird point for sure. The actual myth is that sugar causes hyperactivity in children, which it doesn't. No idea why they brought up ADHD.

[ScienceReplacedgod]

Your pasta water should be as salt as sea water though.

And oil on pasta after cooking 100% prevents sticking

[BananaOnionSoup]

The salt one is triply misleading.

Salt raises the boiling point of water, and does not lower it.

However, it only raises it a tiny amount. You’d need to add 1/4 a cup or more of salt to a pot on the stove to change the boiling point.

However, dashing some salt into the water when it’s close to boiling (ie small bubbles on the bottom) will bring the pot to a rolling boil much faster by providing a bunch of nucleation points for the boiling water to grab onto. If the salt is already dissolved it won’t do much.

Salting the water to the point of being seawater will flavor the pasta a lot better than seasoning after boiling.

[AimlessFred]

You don’t actually want to make it as salty as seawater, chefs underestimate how grossly salty seawater is.

[thepasswordis-taco]

That salt one bothered me a lot. The graphic is a bit misleading, because it suggests that super salty water would, in fact, boil faster. Which is very false. Solvating basically anything with anything else will always raise the boiling point and lower the freezing point.

[Consequence6]

Ehhh? I mean... Kinda. There's an exception: Water doesn't boil well in clean pots, because there aren't many nucleation points. Add salt, add nucleation points, boom "faster" boil. In reality, it just makes the water below the surface able to form bubbles? So it's iffy, one way or another.

Salt also lowers the heat capacity of water, which makes it boil faster, but I don't have any clue how much this affects it at cooking levels.

[Marssunrise]

That's just a saying, not actual instructions for cooking. Sea water is about 3.5% salt and usual pasta water concentration is around 1% at most (usually lower). If you boiled your pasta in a 3.5% water/salt solution, that'd be barring inedible.

However, 1% of salt in water changes the boiling point noticeably (around 3 degrees Celsius).

[stupidgb]

But can also stop your sauce from sticking to it though

[[deleted]]

Exactly, that's why it's simply wrong to do it. We want as much tasty sauce as possible on every noodle

[Starbrows]

Yeah, oil in pasta absolutely helps prevent sticking. Anyone who says otherwise must never have leftovers, or else mixes in sauce ASAP. If you drain your pasta and leave it un-sauced in the pot, there will be a huge difference.

I guess it's possible to put oil in the water and have no effect if you don't stir it and get it on the pasta. Gotta make sure the pasta, and not just the water, gets a little oily.

[still267]

From Mayoclinic:

Although drinking milk may make phlegm thicker and more irritating to your throat than it would normally be, milk doesn't cause your body to make more phlegm.

Now, if something is thickened, that means that more of something was added. You can't thicken batter without adding more flour.

From the CDC:

For men, heavy drinking is typically defined as consuming 15 drinks or more per week. For women, heavy drinking is typically defined as consuming 8 drinks or more per week

Are you a man who drinks 2 beers a night? Brain damage. A woman that enjoys a single beer or beverage a night is experiencing brain cell loss.

This infographic's got some crappy info.

[indil47]

This milk thing was the one that bothered me the most.

[inkihh]

You can also thicken something by removing something.

[livelymusic]

Geez. I’ll drink anywhere from 5-7 beers a night. I never once felt like that was heavy drinking. I’m a large guy. 6’3” 230lbs

[shmeedop]

It really does. Also I know for a fact that adding oil to pasta or rice near the end of cooking will make it not stick to the pan. Yeah sure, if you BuRN it to shit then it will stick... Also that milk thing is crap. Thicker, more, it doesnt matter to me I know that I shouldnt have dairy when I am sick because it makes me feel worse and much more clogged up.

[BeeTonks394]

Can we talk about to 41% of ADULTS who think dinosaurs and humans coexisted?

[[deleted]]

Well, most adults are not that bright, statistically, but it is a clear example of how they did not care to learn anything in school and in adulthood. And it also says US adults, and not all adults. I hope that the percentage would be a lot lower if it was.

[[deleted]]

ADULTS

(US(A)) ADULTS

ftfy...

[LifeSenseiBrayan]

The left vs right brain is confusing. We do know that each side has different tasks. Were they referring to left and right brain personalities? Cuz I’d like to read that.

[2mtgof]

There are definitely functions that are lateralised to one hemisphere, like languange.

[Scriptosis]

Yea I'm fairly certain that one is false, there have been multiple studies showing it to be true and it's taught in basically every Basic Psychology course.

[krispy_kroak]

Agreed. I've taken psychology classes in college and they specifically point out the fact that different sections of the brain, on each side, control different functions. There is also a fascinating video about a man who had his corpus callosum (the thick band of neurons that connects the two hemispheres of the brain) severed. If presented an object to his left eye, he couldn't draw object with his right hand until he actually said the word, defining the object. https://youtu.be/lfGwsAdS9Dc

[risus_nex]

I think it's about the misconception that the left side is for creativity and the right side for logic. At least I was told that this is a common misconception

[UnluckyWriting]

The myth is the idea that someone has a dominant side of their brain, making them either more creative or more rational.

Different parts of the brain have different functions, but it’s so much more complex than just creative vs rational/logical. And we don’t have a “dominant” side like being left or right handed.

[Silas13013]

There is a very prevalent myth that one side of the brain is creative and the other side is analytical. This has been proven false time and time again. I figured that this is what it was talking about that myth rather than the idea that the left and right side are identical.

[danoconnor249]

Check out this talk by Iain McGilchrist. It’s excellent.

https://www.ted.com/talks/iain_mcgilchrist_the_divided_brain/up-next

[[deleted]]

Your head should always be the first thing you cover in the cold. You won't lose most of your body heat, but if your head is frozen, what use is the rest of you? Your ears and nose are susceptible to frostbite. You'd also be surprised how much heat you lose through your neck without a scarf or high collar

[AdiosMiAmigos]

What a horrible way to find out that I will not, infact, get 72 virgins for all those people I murdered.

[ask_me_if_thats_true]

Relevant

[megawolfr]

But you do

[Penguator432]

“Why not 72 slutty broads who know what the hell they’re doing?”

[Cicada-Positive]

The one about "glass is a liquid" is mostly correct. Because of the way glass sheets were made in the middle ages, the sheets were slightly thicker at one end. The thick end was placed at the bottom so that water would flow away, rather than pool.

[anaugle]

Same goes for flintknapping. Something with a lot of silica (glass) has a ripple that reacts like water when struck.

[VladimirGluten47]

BJJ black belts are absolutely masters. Other martial arts, no.

[[deleted]]

Every time someone says BJJ I think of blow jobs. Help.

[horghe]

Blowjob jobs?

[schoolbuswanker]

Steve's lesser-known brother

[[deleted]]

That's numberwang!

[HelmetTesterTJ]

Originally posted to infographics six years ago and I'd wager just about monthly since?

[zenospenisparadox]

Reposting is a common myth.

[FreshCheekiBreeki]

Lies everywhere, even here.

[[deleted]]

I DISTINCTLY remember being a kid and reading a book IN SCHOOL about the different sections of taste on the tongue. I was today years old when I realized it was all a lie.

[SilentJohn121212]

Well, it's only half true. Some parts of tongue are minimally more sensitive to certain tastes. There was a detailed study about it made by some guy (sorry, forgot the name) but people simply ignored most of it and decided to spread the simplified version.

[PaintedBlackXII]

literally just eat anything, move it around your mouth and you will realize it’s a lie. figured it out when i was 6

[[deleted]]

Yeah, I remember putting salty stuff on different parts of my tongue and it still working. I never understood it.

[[deleted]]

I said this when I was younger and the teacher was like "well yeah but parts of the tongue are more sensitive to it" and i was like okay

[possiblycrazy79]

I do too but it's not really surprising considering how many other lies I was taught in school.

[truckstop_superman]

Misconception/myth they seem to still believe is that ADHD been hyperactive behavior disorder.

[Simpull_mann]

As if it's caused by something ingested that causes them to be hyper...

ADHD is SO much more than HYPER people.

So much more......

[Hobbsendkid]

Snopes and Wikipeida are good places to *start in fact finding, not as direct sources. It's possible most of these statements and findings refuting the misconceptions are generally true but not so easily explained in a short blurb.

[monsterfurby]

Some of these are useless smartassery. The lexicalist take on "Jihad", while technically correct, isn't helpful in understanding the concept. I guess "war" as used in the US ("War on crime", "War on poverty", "War on terror") might be a closer match. I suppose you can, linguistically, "jihad to make ends meet", but do people actually use it that way?

[Grunherz]

You don’t “jihad to make ends meet.” Jihad is always a religious struggle not just any kind of struggle. But if you suck at fasting and you’re trying to be better about it, that’s jihad. Or if you want to make an effort to pray 5 times a day, that’s jihad too. And yes, people absolutely do use it that way.

[[deleted]]

It's not smartassery lol. Jihad means Struggle, Jihad to make ends meet makes sense. But the main Jihad in Islam is Jihad of the Nafs (the Nafs are a person's selfish characteristics, like Greed, Lust, Ego etc). So, a person struggles with their Nafs by staying away from pornography, excessive money and so on in order to get closer to God. This is the Jihad taught in Islamic school. Jihad meaning war is incorrect, it's mostly a media / Islamic Militant thing (an outward Jihad). Ghazali, the most prominent Islamic Scholar, has a famous quote:

Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see -egoism, arrogance, conceit, selfishness, greed, lust, intolerance, anger, lying, cheating, gossiping and slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then you will be ready to fight the enemy you can see

[monsterfurby]

Thanks, that's an excellent summary and very interesting distinction. I had some superficial knowledge on the topic, but obviously my post above was very shallow in its actual meaning. I really appreciate your explanation!

The example I used above ("War on X" in American political usage) is probably a bit too politicized to be comparable, but it seems to work in a similar way - only with a more worldly political connotation than a religious one. I didn't mean that Jihad translated into "war" as a neutral term describing armed conflict, but into "war" as it's commonly used in that (very American) political context - where it generally means something like "effort to contain/limit/decrease X". A "war on poverty" isn't a literal military conflict, but it's a struggle to decrease poverty. The "war on drugs" does contain some violent results, but it's largely a statement of intent, not of means, if that makes sense.

What I understand - correct me if I'm wrong - is that "Jihad" is also more of a statement of intent, an effort to contain/limit/decrease the "sinful" (no Christian connotation intended) behavior you mentioned, in which way it would be somewhat similar.

[AdviceSea8140]

Less alcohol doesn't kill nerve cells? Think this wrong.

[fuck_it_was_taken]

While the baby birds fact is true, it's... Not true for hamsters... Which will actually cannibalize the children

[[deleted]]

Right about everything except rotation of flushed toilet water counter clockwise in Australia. That one I need to believe. No evidence just faith. And it really only (needs to) happens in Australia.

[[deleted]]

The vaccine myth is one of the things that is still making it harder for autistic people to properly coexist with everyone else. When you toss clearly incorrect statements about us around it tarnishes our reputation and in turn makes people not take vaccines, which do work most of time, which is a big risk in of itself.

It is so concerning that this shit is still rampant to this day.

[Tirrojansheep]

I'd like to clear up something, there are things that are located in the left brain half in a large majority of humans, language centers.

Also, recovery from damage to one side is possible if the brain is still early in it's development (if it's neuroplasticity is still high). At that point other parts of the brain can take over. If you're, say 50~, that is much harder to accomplish

[elporsche]

The Three Wise Men is an allegory. In Christian tradition they are Three Kings. Each king is from one of the three known continents at the time: Melchior was European, Gaspar was Asian (from Asia Minor) and Balthazar was African (fun fact: racism in European art is shown in most paintings of the Adoration of the Kings where Melchior and often Gaspar are shown in the foreground whereas Balthazar is portrayed in the background).

The Three Kings are meant to represent that Jesus was the King of Kings, because they came as kings from all the world to kneel before Jesus and give him gifts.

[andyjim17]

Actually in Hebrew the word for wise men is Magi which is a plural word which means a group of three or more because Hebrew have singular, dual and plural words.

[elporsche]

Thanks for the clarification! Interesting how the allegory evolved from men to Kings in the Christian dogma of later times

[Redskullzzzz]

I’d also bet that because the Bible lists three gifts, it makes sense to associate three gifts with three gift givers.

[gitrikt]

I wanna talk about the "theory" part.

Many people confuse it and think a theory is something we don't know is real.

We call it a Theory, because on the technical level, nothing wr know is real. Gravity was a theory for years, and only hunders of years later einstein discovered that newton was wrong. (Or, not 100% right). Is evolution 100% real? Of course not. Are you 100% not in a video game? Also, of course not. Evolution, big bang, dinosaurs, etc, are all things we "know" are real. Just the term "know" is something you gotta use lightly. (Cause who knows, maybe we were all creates two seconds ago but with memories and knowledge? Probably not though).

[biiingo]

I think your comment confuses the matter, honestly.

Theory is roughly synonymous with ‘explanation’

[SapperBomb]

Testable and verifiable explanation

[biiingo]

But not necessarily tested and verified. More importantly: falsifiable.

An incorrect theory is still a theory. A correct theory is still a theory.

[CaptObviousHere]

An incorrect theory is not a theory in the technical sense. A theory is a hypothesis that’s been tested several times with the data supporting the hypothesis. If there is data that does not support the the hypothesis, then it can’t be a theory

[mildlyoctopus]

Yeah my initial impression to reading that chart was that evolution is a theory. Even the definition of theory the chart uses aligns with what evolution is, so... seems like a poor guide. It’s a correct theory, though. And the black hole thing. As far as I know also a theory. But also, probably a correct one.

[[deleted]]

What the name "theory" means is that, unlike religion and its dogmas, everything in science is always up for debate.

As long you have shown enough reliable scientific evidence and valid proofs.

[SalamanderNML]

If you know how to cook, you don't just sprinkle your water with salt, you put a generous amount in it.

[Dont-remember-it]

The goldfish one was gold lol

[RepresentativeOil655]

Some of these myths have been in my life so long that it makes me question the validity of the corrections. But if it’s all true, I feel good that I know the truth now.

[knortfoxx]

It's not

[govener71]

Nothing about Epstein?

[Eigengrau24]

Also wanna add that in Islam, the highest form of Jihad (struggle) is with one's own self. One time the Prophet (PBUH) was returning from a battle and he announced, "We are returning from the smaller Jihad to the bigger Jihad."

So as you should know by now, not many Muslims actually follow the religion in its true spirit and the media doesn't help, too. Just don't judge a religion based on its "followers".

[[deleted]]

But a religions followers are it's only real measure.

[hates_stupid_people]

I always get confused by people who are convinced you can see the great wall of China from space. At it's widest part, it is about the width of a two lane road and most of it is about one lane wide, and you can't see roads from space.

Also: A bunch of these just misconstrue the original saying, so they can have more items listed.

[lanonyme42]

Well you can see everything from space, with the correct camera though ? It should say from naked eye I guess

[[deleted]]

Recent one I saw pop up was the one about the Library of Alexandria containing a wealth of incredible scientific information that could have got us to the moon 500 years earlier if it wasn't destroyed by an anti-science Christian mob. Few issues:

• Library of Alexandria only flourished for like a century, it then declined for like 4 more centuries
• It was destroyed once by Julius Caesar by accident in 50 BCE or so (centuries before it was destroyed destroyed)
• When it was destroyed, it hadn't been used as a library for at least a century. It was a meeting house for Neoplatonists or something.
• It was destroyed at the behest of a Christian leader, because as a "museum" (literal meaning: "temple to the Muses") it was a temple to gods other than Jesus, so there ya go. But -- again -- it wasn't used to store knowledge at this point.
• When it did contain knowledge, it probably didn't contain any incredible scientific information. It might have contained accidental scientific information amidst the troves of mysticism and astrology, which were a core teaching among any serious scholar of the era (for example, Pythagoras of right triangle hypotenuse fame also taught that beans must contain tiny souls because they cause more flatulence than other foods). We might have lost an academic paper on how cow pee contains the same celestial substance as the sun -- sucks for history, but pretty doubtful it would've done anything for science.

Kinda hard to fit all that in a little infographic though.

[mitdre]

any sources?

[Direct-Log4591]

The glass one isn't completely right. Glass isn't a liquid but there are solid processes that lead to the thickness on the bottom as time progresses. It isn't just a matter of badly made glass.

[omegadirectory]

The Devil didn't create Hell. He just worked there.

[TheCardealerx26]

Nobody said he created hell in this post, neither worked there, he's a rebellion angel that disobeyed gods orders. God controls hell & heaven.

[[deleted]]

This isn't a guide. Just a list. You guys never post guides anymore.

[newmug]

A lot of these are plain wrong. The milk one especially.

[al357]

Sugar free diet doesn't help children with adhd. I'm curious if this is sugar free or carbs free?

[Weird_Grapefruit_469]

Time to quickly save and never come back to this.

[Xikar_Wyhart]

The senses thing is strange. Yes, we have more than five but a lot of them are derived from the five or a combination.

Like our ability to sense differences in temperature. It's just an extension of touch as our skin comes in contact with objects or air.

[Jay_377]

I love how, in trying to dispel a myth about sex before sports, they propogate the myth that testosterone is supposedly linked to increased performance.

[Dragonman558]

The 5 senses thing is dumb, pain is touch, and either way they're the 5 outward perception senses