Common misconceptions universally accepted

Theta · 15-09-2009 02:20PM

m@cc@ wrote: »

You lost 90% (or a similar figure) of body heat through your head. Think about it, even if you were b*****k naked apart from a balaclava, you'd still freeze to death. :pac:

Explaination if you were wondering

They traced the origins of the hat-wearing advice back to a US army survival manual from 1970 which strongly recommended covering the head when it is cold, since "40 to 45 percent of body heat" is lost from the head.

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The myth is thought to have arisen through a flawed interpretation of a vaguely scientific experiment by the US military in the 1950s. In those studies, volunteers were dressed in Arctic survival suits and exposed to bitterly cold conditions. Because it was the only part of their bodies left uncovered, most of their heat was lost through their heads.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/dec/17/medicalresearch-humanbehaviour

laoisforliam · 15-09-2009 02:21PM

Marilyn Manson played that geeky friend on the wonder years

sean_84 · 15-09-2009 02:22PM

faceman wrote: »

Bats are blind - not true either. They have average eyesight but cant see in bright light. They rely on the super radar powers more so than their normal vision.

The Great Wall of China can be seen from space. -No it cant, no matter what the weather conditions are.

Bats use sonar, not radar...

The Great Wall of China can't be seen from space by the naked eye, but can easily be seen with a telescope

blinding · 15-09-2009 02:22PM

That Fianna Fáil are institutionally corrupt

The are in fact really really really institutionally corrupt.

Wazdakka · 15-09-2009 02:27PM

That Pizza delivery drivers are often confronted by hot skimpyly dressed blonde 19yo girls who cant afford the pizza and want to pay for it using "other means"

Nothing but pure bloody porn film propaganda.
:mad:

I worked as a delivery guy for a full six months,
and this happened like, three times tops.

orestes · 15-09-2009 02:30PM

That we have five senses (sight, touch, taste, smell, hearing). THere's no real official agreement on how any we really do have, but it's not five.

laoisforliam · 15-09-2009 02:33PM

orestes wrote: »

That we have five senses (sight, touch, taste, smell, hearing). THere's no real official agreement on how any we really do have, but it's not five.

sense of decorum

ronbyrne2005 · 15-09-2009 02:34PM

Cool Mo D wrote: »

But eating an orange is a much better way of preventing scurvy. The only reason you should be taking a supplement is if you can't get enough of a vitamin any other way. If you're going to be working a night shift and not getting sunlight during the day, maybe vitamin D would be appropriate. If you're a vegetarian, maybe take an iron tablet, pregnant, take folic acid etc.

There is NO reason for a healthy person with a balanced diet to take supplements. That is the bottom line. If an athlete is eating correctly, supplements do nothing!

Also, drinking 8 glasses of water a day is far too much. You geet loads of water from your food. Just drink when you're thirsty.

There is an absolute ton of research on vitamin C - taking extra vitamin C does not help your health one bit, nor does it shorten colds.

You said , "taking extra vitamin C does nothing for you"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7932158.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6245702.stm
Other reports show excess vitamin c is bad for certain people/conditions. You cant just make generalisations like you did.

Wazdakka · 15-09-2009 02:37PM

laoisforliam wrote: »

sense of decorum

orestes??
:eek:

HA!

:pac:

IvyTheTerrible · 15-09-2009 02:37PM

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

You said , "taking extra vitamin C does nothing for you"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7932158.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6245702.stm
Other reports show excess vitamin c is bad for certain people/conditions. You cant just make generalisations like you did.

Quote from the second study:
"We would certainly not encourage people to start taking vitamin C supplements based on the findings of this research."
They say it's a small study.
And the first one only gives a relative risk, it doesn't say many people's gout improved.

Have you got the original references?

Most research does indeed show that Vitamin C doesn't give any appreciable benefit

oeb · 15-09-2009 02:38PM

Pace2008 wrote: »

I'm aware of that; I just don't think many people consider evolution as an explanation for life's origins, so I wouldn't deem it a 'common misconception' as such. I could be wrong, maybe they do.

I think I would have to disagree with you there. I can't back it up, but I have a feeling that if you asked some random, non-science/skeptic people where life came from, then they would probably answer with either - "The big bang", "Evolution" or "God". I have personally heard quite a few people claim the latter two.

trustno1 · 15-09-2009 02:42PM

Bogart never said 'Play it again Sam' what he actually said was 'if she can stand it, I can. Play it'

Marie Antoinette actually said 'let them eat bread' not cake

and 'you dirty rat' was never said by James Cagney in any of his films.

indough · 15-09-2009 02:42PM

more due to not understanding the question than anything else

i dont think anyone believes life began with evolution, just that its how the changes are accounted for

orestes · 15-09-2009 02:42PM

Wazdakka wrote: »

orestes??
:eek:

HA!

:pac:

Quiet you or you'll get the hose again!

ronbyrne2005 · 15-09-2009 02:43PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Quote from the second study:
"We would certainly not encourage people to start taking vitamin C supplements based on the findings of this research."
They say it's a small study.
And the first one only gives a relative risk, it doesn't say many people's gout improved.

Have you got the original references?

Most research does indeed show that Vitamin C doesn't give any appreciable benefit

Im no scientist but watch a lot of documentaries on science nutrition etc and know you cant say vitamin c supplements do nothing as other poster said. It can do some good and some bad depending on who uses it and what it's used for.I dont have any access to online journals to get papers and just browsed wikipedia article there on vitamin c.

Aidric · 15-09-2009 02:48PM

That Marty Morrissey was the inspiration for Tim Burton's Planet of The Apes.
That Twink puts out on the first date.

KungPao · 15-09-2009 02:51PM

...That Irish people say "top o' the morning".

I never heard anyone use that expression. I think it was invented in American movies to depict the Irish as simple folk.

I could be wrong though??

ScumLord · 15-09-2009 02:52PM

My mother swears by vitamin C when your sick with a cold or flu. It's all I ever take when I get either. I don't use supplements other than cod liver oil outside of being sick though.

deman · 15-09-2009 02:54PM

ostriches don't bury their head in the sand when frightened.

IvyTheTerrible · 15-09-2009 03:04PM

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

Im no scientist but watch a lot of documentaries on science nutrition etc and know you cant say vitamin c supplements do nothing as other poster said. It can do some good and some bad depending on who uses it and what it's used for.I dont have any access to online journals to get papers and just browsed wikipedia article there on vitamin c.

I didn't say vitamin C does nothing. I just don't believe that it has a significant effect on health.

Vitamin C and Immune Function. Alexander Strohle, Andreas Hahn

Source:
Med Monatsschr Pharm Volume: 32 Issue: 2 Pages: 49-54; quiz 55-6 Published: 2009 Feb

Abstract:

"The immune system is strongly influenced by the intake of nutrients. For a long time there has been a controversy whether vitamin C can contribute to the prevention and therapy of the common cold. Several cells of the immune system can indeed accumulate vitamin C and need the vitamin to perform their task, especially phagocytes and t-cells. Thus a vitamin C deficiency results in a reduced resistance against certain pathogens whilst a higher supply enhances several immune system parameters. With regard to the common cold different studies including meta-analyses underline that the prophylactic intake of vitamin C may slightly reduce the duration of the illness in healthy persons but does not affect its incidence and severity. Supplementation of vitamin C is most effective in cases of physical strain or insufficient intake of the vitamin. With regard to the therapy of the common cold the application of vitamin C alone is without clinical effects."

It's also worth looking at the Cochrane database, they are an independent group that look at all the research on a subject and make informed conclusions. They say that Vitamin C may have a benefit to people under stress but in general there is no big clinical benefit.

nc6000 · 15-09-2009 03:34PM

Michael Caine has never said on film "My name is Michael Caine....Not a lot of people know that"

GreeBo · 15-09-2009 04:11PM

asdasd wrote: »

Maybe, but it doesnt matter to the logic of the sentence, does it. Its a small step for him, and a giant step ( or was it leap?) for ManKind. He said that as he stepped off the last rung onto the moon.

Erm it totally changes the logic of the sentence.
"One small step for man" is the same as saying "One small step for mankind"
"man" is often used to refer to all of mankind and thus means something totally different to "a man" which is one singular person.

The point of the speech was that something as trivial as A man taking a single step was about to herald a huge leap for mankind.

Capt'n Midnight · 15-09-2009 04:12PM

milod wrote: »

Apparently a swan can't break your arm...

If it were true lots of foreidners would have broken arms. Instead we've a shortage of swans

Capt'n Midnight · 15-09-2009 04:14PM

faceman wrote: »

Bats are blind - not true either. They have average eyesight but cant see in bright light. They rely on the super radar powers more so than their normal vision.

The Great Wall of China can be seen from space. -No it cant, no matter what the weather conditions are.

Bats don't have radar

It's a misquote, the wall of china is so big that the only place you could see it from end to end would be from space, just bring some binouculars or such like.

asdasd · 15-09-2009 04:15PM

"One small step for man" is the same as saying "One small step for mankind"
"man" is often used to refer to all of mankind and thus means something totally different to "a man" which is one singular person.

Except English isnt really as formal as all that. If he had said "One small step for man" rather than "a man", or "this man"; it would have been obvious that he meant himself, not ManKind, because clearly we werent all on the fcuking moon walking off a ladder. Nor did it mean that ManKind was taking a small step and a giant leap. because that is senseless.

I have always heard it as "small step for man", and always know the man was not ManKind, but Neil Armstrong.

NedTermo · 15-09-2009 04:19PM

asdasd wrote: »

Except English isnt really as formal as all that. If he had said "One small step for man" rather than "a man", or "this man"; it would have been obvious that he meant himself, not ManKind, because clearly we werent all on the fcuking moon walking off a ladder. Nor did it mean that ManKind was taking a small step and a giant leap. because that is senseless.

I have always heard it as "small step for man", and always know the man was not ManKind, but Neil Armstrong.

I always thought of "man" as mankind in this sentence? Am i alone?
Obviously it makes sense to talk about mankind when you are not on earth.

trustno1 · 15-09-2009 04:21PM

Its a common misconception that man walked on the moon.... (:D:D...)

indough · 15-09-2009 04:21PM

he differentiated between man and mankind by using both the words man and mankind

Wazdakka · 15-09-2009 04:25PM

trustno1 wrote: »

Its a common misconception that man walked on the moon.

Well I guarantee you it wasn't a bloody woman..
There are far too many chores to be done on a space ship to have them off gallivanting around walking on things.

me_right_one · 15-09-2009 04:31PM

asdasd wrote: »

Except English isnt really as formal as all that. If he had said "One small step for man" rather than "a man", or "this man"; it would have been obvious that he meant himself, not ManKind, because clearly we werent all on the fcuking moon walking off a ladder. Nor did it mean that ManKind was taking a small step and a giant leap. because that is senseless.

I have always heard it as "small step for man", and always know the man was not ManKind, but Neil Armstrong.

Yea but it still ruined the whole thing.

10 years of test missions, the cold war, the nuclear arms race, passing out the Russians in the space race, the sane, civilised, western world about to put things right by announcing that humans stepping onto another planet is victory for all human beings, not just America, and that we should all strive to work together and live in peace and end all this "my country's better than yours so much so that I'll nuke the planet to prove it" crap, and then he fcuks up the punchline:rolleyes::(:(:(

Common misconceptions universally accepted

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