Common misconceptions universally accepted

k-man · 15-09-2009 08:09PM

me_right_one wrote: »

Apparantely the Neil Armstrong "One small step..." speech is wrong!?! He's supposed to have said "thats one small step for A man.....", but people just say "for man"

Armstrong himself actually got this line wrong. Search for the recordings on Youtube and have a listen. Also, wikipedia has a note about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong#First_Moon_walk

grenache · 15-09-2009 08:15PM

delricyo wrote: »

Sitting close to the tv harms your eyesight

It certainly harmed mine.

Namlub · 15-09-2009 08:25PM

mmmmwah wrote: »

hate how commonly 'disabled person' is used, as if that's who the person is, it should be person with a disability!!grrr!:mad:

I'd hardly call that a misconception, more misuse...

irish_bob · 15-09-2009 09:49PM

was most likely already mentioned but i cant be bothered reading every page

that frankenstien was the creator and not the monster

newmills · 15-09-2009 09:55PM

That masturbating makes you go bli can't seem to find the other letters........goes to get glasses

ballsymchugh · 15-09-2009 10:00PM

Cool Mo D wrote: »

Vitamin supplements are good for you.

In reality, they are a poor substitute for healthy eating, as vitamins are better absorbed from food rather than in pill form. And if you are getting all your required vitamins from your diet, taking vitamin pills will have no positive impact on your health, and taking very large doses may actually be harmful.

Also, taking extra vitamin C does nothing for you, excess vitamin C just gets pissed straight out into the jacks.

Also, there is not a shread of evidence that getting plenty of antioxidants in your diet helps your health. Antioxidants play an important role is your cells, but you don't get them there by eating them!

There's a whole load of similar mumbo jumbo about diet out there.

i passed my biochem pass/fail oral exam years ago because i knew that vitamin c was an antioxidant that prevented the oxidisation of a copper (or was it iron?!) ion that was necessary for the integral structure of collagen. i only found it out the day before mind you, and it's all i really remember from biochem now. either way, it's why people who eat oranges don't have scurvy, but shyte teeth. now if this is wrong, take it up with the fat dude that lectured us in biochem. better you than me!!

Neamhshuntasach · 15-09-2009 10:08PM

Being vegetarian saves the rainforests. I'm sick and tired of hearing that shít. Especially from hippie backpackers.

A load of bollix since tofu comes from soybeans and brasil has had a 40% increase in deforestation due to the demand from these non meat eaters.

Gone West · 15-09-2009 10:15PM

Wazdakka wrote: »

The lamp is a lie

>_>

Earthhorse · 15-09-2009 10:24PM

javaboy wrote: »

The other really well known space sentence is almost always misquoted too. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader.

Houston, we have a problem.

They were meant to say "Houston, we have problem".

Diego Smartly wrote: »

Everything these days is a misconception.

Actually, that's a common misconception.

Midnight_EG · 15-09-2009 10:55PM

Not once was the line 'beam me up scotty' said in the Star Trek series

I think

:eek:

sweetie · 15-09-2009 10:59PM

can't be arsed reading back but RTE never turned down father ted.

squod · 15-09-2009 11:12PM

Euro_Kraut wrote: »

'Columbus discovered America'

Nope. There natives who 'discovered' long before him. As regards the first European to see it, it was probably a Viking or maybe even St Brendan.

Plus he didn't discover the 'US' but the small part of the contient.

Well turns out the asians dicovered america. Probably Chinese people many, many years before Columbus.

dresden8 · 15-09-2009 11:13PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by faceman

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

Joycey wrote: »

Actually it can,depending on where in "space" you are. It cant be seen from the moon, say, but if you go just outside the atmosphere of the earth it can

How come I can't find it on google earth then?

Popple3 · 15-09-2009 11:42PM

That MTV plays music

kincsem · 15-09-2009 11:52PM

Michael Jackson moon walked.

Tigger · 15-09-2009 11:53PM

Wazdakka wrote: »

Jesus.
God.
Heaven.
Tony Danza.

None of them really exist

pmsl

tiggers heads are not made of rubber i just like a drink

DazMarz · 16-09-2009 12:01AM

Cold showers and/or copious amounts of caffeine rich products will help you sober up/sober up more quickly.

All that happens is you get a more alert and/or wetter drunk.

Fact.

Popple3 · 16-09-2009 12:02AM

That you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

http://xkcd.com/357/

asdasd · 16-09-2009 12:03AM

That the French never wash.

They occasionally wash.

Professey Chin · 16-09-2009 12:13AM

asdasd wrote: »

That the French never wash.

They occasionally wash.

in poo

tech77 · 16-09-2009 12:17AM

eman66 wrote: »

Civil servants are servants.

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Civil servants are civil.

That civil servants are civil servants.

Woah, trippy...

Euro_Kraut · 16-09-2009 12:17AM

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

Being vegetarian saves the rainforests. I'm sick and tired of hearing that shít. Especially from hippie backpackers.

Really? People claim that? I have never come across that one.

I have heard however that vegetarianism reduces CO2 emissions as cattle as one of the main source of harmful carbon gases. Not 100% sure about that claim.

Euro_Kraut · 16-09-2009 12:18AM

tech77 wrote: »

That civil servants are civil servants.

That servants are civil!! So hard to get good staff these days.

hullaballoo · 16-09-2009 12:21AM

Charles Darwin didn't coin the phrase, 'survival of the fittest'. In fact, his theory didn't surmount to survival of the fittest because he believed evolutionary changes were random. (Think that was in QI once as well.)

Another one is that there is some law that states that you can go into a pub and get a glass of water/use the toilet for nothing. There is no such law. There is, however, a law that states that you cannot charge for tap water.

Capt'n Midnight · 16-09-2009 12:29AM

The Virgin Mary had a misconception.

indough · 16-09-2009 12:36AM

hullaballoo wrote: »

Charles Darwin didn't coin the phrase, 'survival of the fittest'. In fact, his theory didn't surmount to survival of the fittest because he believed evolutionary changes were random. (Think that was in QI once as well.)

honestly i personally thought thats how 'survival of the fittest' worked

creatures were born with random 'mutations' (i dont know if thats the correct word) and the ones that helped them deal with their environment better were the ones that went on to become the norm amongst the species

hullaballoo · 16-09-2009 12:46AM

indough wrote: »

honestly i personally thought thats how 'survival of the fittest' worked

creatures were born with random 'mutations' (i dont know if thats the correct word) and the ones that helped them deal with their environment better were the ones that went on to become the norm amongst the species

Yes, that's how it appears to work all right. I was just saying that Darwin wasn't the one to make that extrapolation.

Also, someone said that the theory of evolution does not seek to explain the origins of life on earth. The title of Darwin's seminal work was, 'On the Origins of Species', which is probably where the confusion arises. Darwin, of course, wrote at a time when language was more accurately used so what he was proffering was an explanation for the differences between living things on earth.

Riddle101 · 16-09-2009 12:48AM

Common misconceptions universally accepted:

That Eamon DeValera wasn't executed because he was American. He would have been executed either way, but by the time they got to him, the public outcry over the executions beforehand caused for the British to stop the executions.

indough · 16-09-2009 12:49AM

as in the reason for the existence of different species rather than for the existence of life itself

javaboy · 16-09-2009 01:00AM

That the opening jangly chord of A Hard Day's Night is a G7sus4. It's actually an Fadd9.

Gary Coleman never actually said What you talkin bout Willis.

That if the wind changes while you're sitting really close to the telly, the ghost from 3 men and a little baby will carve your eyes into squares. In reality most tellys especially modern ones have an aspect ratio of more than 1:1. So your eyes would actually end up rectangular.

That the expression "throwing shapes" on a dancefloor refers to the energetic nature of the dancing. It actually dates back to medieval times when potential suitors would literally throw hoops and other objects with gaps in them at a woman they wanted to court. If they successfully "hooped" her, she was obliged to dance with them.

Common misconceptions universally accepted

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