Things we can't stop getting wrong.

lugha

Why is it that some particular fallacies persist no matter how often they are corrected. Driven by equal measures of sobriety and boredom I have compiled a list.

1. Schizophrenia gives rise to split or multiple personalities
2. Humans are desended from apes / monkeys
3. C. Ronaldo might seriously be considered to be the best association footballer in the world. :P

I kid.

3. We should all drink about 2 litres of water every day. (I've even seen this doozie on health promotional pamplets)

So I make it three. Happily the hour is now three, and for Xmas that is not too early to go a supping :pac:. Can anyone embiggin my list? Not fallacies as such, but ones which persist despite repeated correction.

jape

Rent is dead money

Ciaran187

A duck's quack doesn't echo - yes it does. I am a seasoned duck echo-er and I know.

Smoking is cool - It's not. It just makes you look cool.

Drinking water that has been left in the car gives you cancer - I don't know where to start with this one!

AnonoBoy

I'm calling shenanigans on number two. While humans didn't evolve from modern day apes we do share a common ancestry.

AnonoBoy

Ciaran187 wrote: »

Drinking water that has been left in the car gives you cancer - I don't know where to start with this one!

Wow. I've never heard this one at all. Who the hell says that?

Stercus Accidit

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I'm calling shenanigans on number two. While humans didn't evolve from modern day apes we do share a common ancestry.

Thats the point made.

We aren't descended from apes, we are descended from a common ancestor.


Its that fallacy that has creationists (morons) asking why monkeys don't give birth to humans etc.

electrogrimey

Eating too many oranges will turn you into an orange.

Kimbot

Ciaran187 wrote: »

Smoking is cool - It's not. It just makes you look cool.

Objective achieved so.....

electrogrimey wrote: »

Eating too many oranges will turn you into an orange.

Nah thats just the D4 heads that it makes turn orange :P

Aodan83

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I'm calling shenanigans on number two. While humans didn't evolve from modern day apes we do share a common ancestry.

His point is that they're all wrong.

AnonoBoy

Aodan83 wrote: »

His point is that they're all wrong.

Ah yeah but it's kinda right.

lugha

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Wow. I've never heard this one at all. Who the hell says that?(Drinking water that has been left in the car gives you cancer)

Me too neither. Never heard that. Though there must be a truck load of uncorrectable myths about what is and isn't carcinogenic.

Ostrom

After years of threads - roma/romanian

Biggins

A lot of people think that epilepsy and permanent brain damage are the same thing.
Its a personal issue with me as I have a family member who suffers from both badly but I know from training and decades of experience that the two differ.
You can suffer from either one and not from the other.
Some think the two go a long with each other. They don't.

**Timbuk2**

You should be in the left lane when you are going straight through a roundabout!!

o1s1n

You're = you are

As in - 'You're an idiot'

Your = something that is yours

As in - 'Your ma is an idiot'

GET IT RIGHT PEOPLE!!! :mad:

electrogrimey

:rolleyes:

That.

Correct usage: "Jeez, some people :rolleyes:"

Incorrect usage: "I don't agree with you. :rolleyes:"

Ostrom

electrogrimey wrote: »

:rolleyes:

That.

Correct usage: "Jeez, some people :rolleyes:"

Incorrect usage: "I don't agree with you. :rolleyes:"

Cant describe how furious that makes me...

The_Minister

"to wet my appetite."

It's "to WHET my appetite", you inbred scum-muppet!

Archeron

We still havent found another word for "Dyslexia" thats slightly easier to spell.

Ebbs

Archeron wrote: »

We still havent found another word for "Dyslexia" thats slightly easier to spell.

Or a less cruel word for "lisp".

Extended periods on the phone cause brain cancer...this has never been proven.

Silly facts that say cancer has increased "100%" in the last 100 years...nope we just used to diagnose cancer as something else. There is also alot more people, and a better statistics office these days that actually note such figures as opposed to people picking them out of their arse years ago.

People who take theories as fact. For example string theory et el, yes scienctists can try and prove it thats what science is about, but no its not fact.

Jesus was born on the 25th of dec...Its not true, any one who looks into it will realise its a symbolic day...Hes made up anyway :P

Ill stop there before I ruin the xmas spirit

Pherekydes

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the economy, or voting back in the idiots that destroy it at each election.

Cookie_Monster

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

Thats the point made.

We aren't descended from apes, we are descended from a common ancestor.

Its that fallacy that has creationists (morons) asking why monkeys don't give birth to humans etc.

No its not, the bit in brackets is the reason

The whole spider eating in your sleep thing is a load of crap too.

Kevin Bacon

The immaculate conception was Mary's conception not Jesus' conception. Heard religion teachers even get that one wrong.

Tesco is not called Tescos as so many people call it.

redorblack

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

You should be in the left lane when you are going straight through a roundabout!!

You should be in left lane if you are taking an exit before 12 o clock of your entry point of the roundabout, right lane for an exit after the 12.

m@cc@

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055682375&highlight=misconceptions

Kevin Bacon

m@cc@ wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055682375&highlight=misconceptions

Keep starting threads that already exist.....

Another damn thing we keep getting wrong!:mad:

Buceph

The_Minister wrote: »

"to wet my appetite."

It's "to WHET my appetite", you inbred scum-muppet!

For all intensive purposes I agree with you.

:x

m@cc@

defence/defense

licence/license

The_Minister

Buceph wrote: »

For all intensive purposes I agree with you.

:x

ARRRGH!

/collapses
/starts to drool foam

Wazdakka

Archeron wrote: »

We still havent found another word for "Dyslexia" thats slightly easier to spell.

And lisp has an S in it..

that's just mean

Piste

Biggins wrote: »

A lot of people think that epilepsy and permanent brain damage are the same thing.
Its a personal issue with me as I have a family member who suffers from both badly but I know from training and decades of experience that the two differ.
You can suffer from either one and not from the other.
Some think the two go a long with each other. They don't.

I've never, ever heard that mistake being made!

peterpp

Two things:

Schizophrenia is NOT split personality disorder. This one irks me so much, needs to be more education on this and Me Myself and Irene is to blame for this.

Anorexia and bullimia is not caused by fashion magazines making young girls want to "throw up". Its a complex deep seated psychological issue.

dologhli

The_Minister wrote: »

Buceph wrote: »

For all intensive purposes I agree with you.

:x

ARRRGH!

/collapses
/starts to drool foam

Ah, come on. You should of seen that one coming.

ToniTuddle

Love bites/Hickeys whatever you call them give you cancer...

Biggins

Piste wrote: »

I've never, ever heard that mistake being made!

I have sadly and seen it be experience by a few of epilepsy suffers.
"O' she has epilepsy, she must be slow or brain damaged in some way".
In some cases folk are over looked in relation to some jobs (ones where what they suffer from would have no decremental effect to their abilities) by use of sub-conscious and come times clear discrimination.

Having worked and continue to do so with those in this area, I hear of cases quite regular.
(I got involved in this volunteer field due to the said relative)

stepster

redorblack wrote: »

You should be in left lane if you are taking an exit before 12 o clock of your entry point of the roundabout, right lane for an exit after the 12.

What if it is 12 o clock?

wixfjord

Ebbs wrote: »

Or a less cruel word for "lisp".

Extended periods on the phone cause brain cancer...this has never been proven.

Silly facts that say cancer has increased "100%" in the last 100 years...nope we just used to diagnose cancer as something else. There is also alot more people, and a better statistics office these days that actually note such figures as opposed to people picking them out of their arse years ago.

People who take theories as fact. For example string theory et el, yes scienctists can try and prove it thats what science is about, but no its not fact.

Jesus was born on the 25th of dec...Its not true, any one who looks into it will realise its a symbolic day...Hes made up anyway :P

Ill stop there before I ruin the xmas spirit

Phone usage doe cause cancer. Smoking until the 70s wasnt thought to cause cancer because it couldnt be proven. Phones, wireless, Gm foods, and anything that uses power that you cant see probably has something to do with cancer. Yeah Im waiting for someone to prove all of this bla ti bla but common sense my proof.

SligoBrewer

wixfjord wrote: »

common sense my proof.

Common sense dictated that the world was 'flat' for how many millennia?

Naos

The 'fast lane'.

It's an overtaking lane you f*ckwit.

Merry Christmas.

Big_G

Naos wrote: »

The 'fast lane'.

It's an overtaking lane you f*ckwit.

Merry Christmas.

Yeah, so get the hell out of my way if you're not overtaking something.

lugha

Kevin Bacon wrote: »

Keep starting threads that already exist.....

Another damn thing we keep getting wrong!:mad:

This one is not about misconceptions exactly. That would be about stuff people got wrong, perhaps cos the didn't know. This is more about stuff people continue to get wrong even though they are routinely corrected. For example, Einstein believed in God. Or Hitler didn't. But meh, to-ma-to, to-may-to.

blackbetty69

theres a fine line to this thread.. i dont know which side im on..

ya-ba-da-ba-doo

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I'm calling shenanigans on number two. While humans didn't evolve from modern day apes we do share a common ancestry.

Yep and it's about time more people copped on to this, it's so bloomin' obvious.

Podman

If the wind changes, you'll be left like that.

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I'm calling shenanigans on number two. While humans didn't evolve from modern day apes we do share a common ancestry.

we also share genes with a banana. That kind of thing happens when you live on the same planet.

Ebbs wrote: »

People who take theories as fact. For example string theory et el, yes scienctists can try and prove it thats what science is about, but no its not fact.

Science used to be about exploring the unknown and trying to provide reasons/explanations for it, Now it's more about disproving far-out ideas so the Newtonians can keep their authority.

Ebbs wrote: »

Jesus was born on the 25th of dec...Its not true, any one who looks into it will realise its a symbolic day...Hes made up anyway :P

Ill stop there before I ruin the xmas spirit

Too late.

Seachmall

chompy wrote: »

we also share genes with a banana. That kind of thing happens when you live on the same planet.

As a result of evolution, you just proved his point.

Science used to be about exploring the unknown and trying to provide reasons/explanations for it, Now it's more about disproving far-out ideas so the Newtonians can keep their authority.

Science doesn't try disprove anything, it can't. It can only provide evidence for contradictory hypothesis or theories.

OT,
Cannabis, anyone?

Meh, lets not go there :P

silverharp

the Irish are or have celtic origins.

Seachmall

silverharp wrote: »

the Irish are or have celtic origins.

The Celts are more easily grouped by their language than any tribe or nationality. The modern day Irish are descended from the Celts. The Celts had a large influence and control in Europe through the period of 1000 BC – 300 BC, after which they were scattered by the Greeks, the Romans and the Germans. The Celts were thought to have migrated from the Danube River region where they spread throughout parts of Turkey and Europe, eventually arriving in England, Scotland and Ireland... They first appeared in Ireland between 600 BC – 500 BC. The Celts which remained in Ireland were relatively isolated from the rest of the world

Ireland's History and Timeline

silverharp

Seachmall wrote: »

Ireland's History and Timeline

http://killarney-ireland.info/genealogy/dark-irish-celt-genealogy.html

“The primary genetic legacy of Ireland seems to have come from people from Spain and Portugal after the last ice age.” said McEvoy. “They seem to have come up along the coast through Western Europe and arrived in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It’s not due to something that happened 2,500 years ago with Celts.” We have a much older genetic legacy.

Seachmall

So much for the Celtic Tiger, it was all just a big lie .

Btw, what are the 'dark Irish'?

Stercus Accidit

Kevin Bacon wrote: »

The immaculate conception was Mary's conception not Jesus' conception. Heard religion teachers even get that one wrong.

That's as bad as not knowing the story of harry potter!

Tesco is not called Tescos as so many people call it.

They probably mean it as Tesco's, as in tesco's shop.

Leprachaun

lugha wrote: »

3. We should all drink about 2 litres of water every day. (I've even seen this doozie on health promotional pamplets)

Well you should, especially if you work out regularly. I mean, it's not gonna cause any serious harm not drinking that amount, but it certainly helps clear your body of toxins, keeps you fully hydrated all day and generally leads to better skin.