Everything you know is WRONG!

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

WRONG!!1

[Requia ☣]

Huh, the equal transit time thing being false kinda caught me.

[LaughingOtter]

You have no idea what a relief it is to hear that.
Why does that unsettle other people when you tell them the same thing?

[Triple Zero]

Most of the things that were new to me were just stuff I wouldn't claim to know about, anyway, so not really a misconception. Except maybe the glass is not actually a liquid thing. Anyway, I liked this one:

There is no single, strict scientific method used by all scientists, a misconception popularized by elementary science textbooks. The rigid hypothesis→experiment→conclusion model of science is an important part of many fields, particularly basic sciences like physics and chemistry, but is not the only way to perform genuine science. Many sciences do not fit well into this mould (astronomy, paleontology, mathematics), and much important scientific work has come from curiosity and unguided exploration

Who was it that said Mathematics is not actually a science, again?

[Telarus]

Everything you know has been to SPACE.


SPAAAAAAACE!!!!!

[MagnificentSloth]

Well I am pretty stupid, I would not be surprised.

[Requia ☣]

Most of the things that were new to me were just stuff I wouldn't claim to know about, anyway, so not really a misconception. Except maybe the glass is not actually a liquid thing. Anyway, I liked this one:

There is no single, strict scientific method used by all scientists, a misconception popularized by elementary science textbooks. The rigid hypothesis→experiment→conclusion model of science is an important part of many fields, particularly basic sciences like physics and chemistry, but is not the only way to perform genuine science. Many sciences do not fit well into this mould (astronomy, paleontology, mathematics), and much important scientific work has come from curiosity and unguided exploration

Who was it that said Mathematics is not actually a science, again?

I don't believe I've expressed that here, but it isn't science under *any* definition of science I've ever heard.  You can't prove something in math and then later on new evidence comes up that proves the old theory wrong.  Astronomy and paleontology, by contrast, allow for the observe and and make predictions based on those observations, even if you can't create a controlled experiment.  Those predictions can turn out wrong later.

[Telarus]

HAH. I love that the "carrots can improve your night vision" myth was misinfo spread by the Allies to hide the fact that they were using RADAR.

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

America was really clever back then.
You should read up on the ghost army during the invasion of Normandy and the time they threw an corpse out of a plane dressed up like a general with false attack plants handcuffed to the wrist onto the shores of North Africa.

[MagnificentSloth]

America was really clever back then.
You should read up on the ghost army during the invasion of Normandy and the time they threw an corpse out of a plane dressed up like a general with false attack plants handcuffed to the wrist onto the shores of North Africa.

Americans are still smart.

[Kai]

Most of the things that were new to me were just stuff I wouldn't claim to know about, anyway, so not really a misconception. Except maybe the glass is not actually a liquid thing. Anyway, I liked this one:

There is no single, strict scientific method used by all scientists, a misconception popularized by elementary science textbooks. The rigid hypothesis→experiment→conclusion model of science is an important part of many fields, particularly basic sciences like physics and chemistry, but is not the only way to perform genuine science. Many sciences do not fit well into this mould (astronomy, paleontology, mathematics), and much important scientific work has come from curiosity and unguided exploration

Who was it that said Mathematics is not actually a science, again?

I don't believe I've expressed that here, but it isn't science under *any* definition of science I've ever heard.  You can't prove something in math and then later on new evidence comes up that proves the old theory wrong.  Astronomy and paleontology, by contrast, allow for the observe and and make predictions based on those observations, even if you can't create a controlled experiment.  Those predictions can turn out wrong later.

Yeah, I'm not sure I would consider mathematics as a science. Its a language used to deal with quantities, real and imaginary, an accessory to all the sciences, but also to non-science as well.

Also, it's true that not all sciences use a method which calls for manipulative experimentation (the historical sciences use observational experiments), science does in general follow the hallmark of induction and deduction, in a cyclical process. And the hallmark of really GOOD science is strong inference.

[Wishfarple]

While putting metal in a microwave can damage the magnetron by causing an impedance mismatch, it depends on the shape and size of the metal and the time it is in the microwave. Electrical arcing may also occur on pieces of metal that are not smooth, or have points (e.g., a fork). Distributed metallic surfaces that are not subject to arcing and do not appreciably alter the magnetron's RF load can be used in a microwave with no danger; examples include the metalized surfaces used in browning sleeves and pizza-cooking platforms

True, and please consider that putting things that aren't food in the microwave is completely awesome.  CDs are an old classic, but true nucular physicalists know that you can put a lit match under an upturned glass in there and freak your mom out something fierce.

[Jasper]

America was really clever back then.
You should read up on the ghost army during the invasion of Normandy and the time they threw an corpse out of a plane dressed up like a general with false attack plants handcuffed to the wrist onto the shores of North Africa.

Is there a list of this sort of military scam somewhere?

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

America was really clever back then.
You should read up on the ghost army during the invasion of Normandy and the time they threw an corpse out of a plane dressed up like a general with false attack plants handcuffed to the wrist onto the shores of North Africa.

Is there a list of this sort of military scam somewhere?

Probably, but I don't know what it is.

[Iason Ouabache]

Ha! I actually knew everything Human body and health section. So take that, OP!