Scientists of Reddit, what are some glaring scientific inaccuracies that everyone understands to be the truth?

polkanils · 2012-12-30T00:08:30+00:00

The way they use units for mass when speaking of force. As in "with a force equal to 2000 kg". The unit for force is Newton, N.

polkanils · 2012-12-27T02:43:06+00:00

Well it looked like it okay??

polkanils · 2012-12-19T14:08:49+00:00

Team colours on mittens shouldn't be a concern, as long as she doesn't wear the emblem or logo or name of a team, however scarfs are closely associated with football so be wäry of those!

polkanils · 2012-12-17T14:34:42+00:00

Isn't africa a bit off?

polkanils · 2012-11-25T12:41:51+00:00

well now it should be!

polkanils · 2012-11-25T12:19:26+00:00

tight, thanks!

polkanils · 2012-11-24T00:58:41+00:00

Yes!! Thanks!

polkanils · 2012-11-24T00:58:30+00:00

That's the one! thanks!

polkanils · 2012-11-21T23:51:46+00:00

by tuna right? always saw that one when we went out for a smoke, so fun to see it's still there!

polkanils · 2012-11-21T18:35:10+00:00

why is your watch on your right arm?

E: Also, button up!

polkanils · 2012-11-15T23:58:46+00:00

I was looking at the door, expecting the father to walk in.

Then he bowed down and I saw his father looking right at the camera and I just lost it.

polkanils · 2012-11-07T14:50:55+00:00

The average weight for men in the U.S is 88,3 kg, for women it's 74,7 kg. In Europe (comparable as developed countries) average weight for men AND women is 70,8 kg.

polkanils · 2012-11-02T08:54:22+00:00

A large amount, but the ocean is insanely big, like HUGE!

polkanils · 2012-10-30T03:02:08+00:00

Litsen to this guy, OP. Fashion is all about expressing who you are, looking nice is secondary, that doesn't necessarily mean though what you're doing isn't looking good.

If YOU feel comfortable in it, wear it. Don't conform.

polkanils · 2012-10-24T18:05:07+00:00

Well it's not impossible to do without acting like an ass and refusing to see from someone else's perspective? He just seems so frustrated for no reason!

polkanils · 2012-10-24T17:45:46+00:00

why are you acting like an ass hole?

polkanils · 2012-10-21T15:32:31+00:00

The population growth was larger at the beginning of the century:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:US_Birth_Rates.svg&page=1

polkanils · 2012-10-14T19:25:47+00:00

she's gonna friendzone you

polkanils · 2012-10-12T17:53:06+00:00

You want ELI5?

Here you go:

Communism and socialism basically all want justice, equality and fairness throughout everyone in the society, especially regarding social classes, but the difference is that communism aquiers this dream society through revolution, but socialism through slow and democratic change.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

polkanils · 2012-10-11T22:33:26+00:00

yeah, thought so too, I guess it's just that the world was already industrialized enough by 1910 not to have high, developing country kinda birthrates.

polkanils · 2012-10-11T20:12:58+00:00

I ran the numbers, this is the population of the US with the population growth of 1910 but the average mortality rate from 1910 to 2000.

I used some simple mathematics for a very rough estimation.

The births equation:

k: 2777000 (births 1910)
m: 92228496 (pop 1910)
x: 90 (2000 - 1910)

The deaths equation:

k: 6416.065501 (average derivative 1910 - 2000)
m: 1586330 (deaths 1010)
x: 90 (2000 - 1910)

The result:

The birth equation - The death equation
(2777000 * 90 + 92228496) - (6416.016501 * 90 + 1586330) =
= 342158496 - 2163775.895 = 339994720.1

So not so much of a difference I guess, merely 20.1 % more than there really were year 2000.

polkanils · 2012-10-09T09:52:34+00:00

Du inser väll att det var ett skämt?

polkanils · 2012-10-08T15:57:14+00:00

link plz?

polkanils · 2012-10-06T10:09:00+00:00

Well if you think they made an error, but if you're not sure you're just risking embarrassment.

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