“30 Shocking Myths Debunked: Discover the Popular Beliefs Science Has Totally Disproved!”
Most dietary information that is widely accepted by the public was from studies that have been proven wrong since the 70s
Hiding under a highway overpass is actually not a good way to survive a tornado.
It has been scientifically proven that the wind gets concentrated and the speeds increase underneath the overpass.
If you aren’t shielded by a bridge girder or something similar you’ll just get swept away and mulched.
Your best bet for survival if you cannot escape the tornado is to find the nearest deep ditch or hole.
As a cat lover, it always drives me insane that so many people will automatically give a stray they found milk. Most cats are lactose intolerant.
You don’t have to wait 24 hours to call the police to file a missing person’s report. Never wait 24 hours. Every hour that passes means you are less likely to find said person. Dead or alive.
Used to be a popular belief that if you sit to close to the tv your eyes will go bad. But Ive recently come to realize that children who sit “too close” to the tv might already have poor vision, but cannot communicate it, so when they go get their eyes checked it appears that the causation is them sitting to close to the tv, when it was probably genetics or other factors. Thus causing people to think that the cause was them sitting too close to tv.
The belief that sugar causes hyperactivity in children. This belief has been around for decades, but numerous scientific studies have shown that there is no evidence to support it.
“Fish don’t feel pain” , and simultaneously “Fish do feel pain” are both arguments which ignore centuries of research.
They lack a Neocortex which deems them unable to “process” pain, however they have several nociceptors located around the mouth which allows them to “feel it”. What does this mean? Well nobody actually knows yet, and it is largely open to interpretation. It’s unfathomably hard for us to understand, as we can both feel and process pain. Some scientists describe “acting on instinct” as symptoms of pain when these nociceptors become compromised. Some scientists describe it as just that though, acting on instinct based on what parts of their body are compromised and hence weaker or vulnerable.
Related Posts
Post Comment