Popular Myths in Science

[shadowgrin]

http://www.livescience.com/bestimg/index.php?url=myths_chicken_head_03.jpg&cat=myths

A summary to some well-known myths:

TRUE
- Chickens can live without a head
- Chicken soup can cure the common cold (partly true)
- Eating a poppy seed bagel mimics opium use (during drug tests)
- You get less wet by running in the rain

FALSE
- There is no gravity in space
- A penny dropped from the top of a tall building could kill a pedestrian
- Animals can predict natural disasters
- Water drains backwards in the Southern Hemisphere due to the Earth's rotation (from a Simpsons ep.)
- Adults don't grow new brain cells (there is still hope for some forum members)
- Humans use only 10 percent of their brains
- The Great Wall of China is the only manmade structure visible from space
- Hair and fingernails continue growing after death

[J@3]

- Eating a poppy seed bagel mimics opium use (during drug tests)

Wow. That's insane, I really like those too. If only I weren't a professional sportsman ... wait

[Pera]

That sounds like something you took out of a Mythbusters episode .

TRUE
- Chickens can live without a head
- You get less wet by running in the rain

[color=darkblue] The chicken one always freaks me out ,
I'd agree with that one since I did try walking once and got soaked like never before.

FALSE
- A penny dropped from the top of a tall building could kill a pedestrian
- Animals can predict natural disasters
- Humans use only 10 percent of their brains
- The Great Wall of China is the only manmade structure visible from space

A penny can't. Is anyone willing to test it out with a quarter ?
How would they do that anyway ?
Is that for normal humans ? .. I doubt some here use more than 1% .
Who cares about a wall when in space ?

[shadowgrin]

A quarter can't either. I think they did that in a Mythbusters episode.
It may give you a bruise/swelling/blind you when it hits the eye, but it won't kill you.

[Jackal]

TRUE
- You get less wet by running in the rain.

I'd agree with that one since I did try walking once and got soaked like never before.

Lmfao, thanks for making my day.

[Pera]

Interesting .

Though what are the odds of getting hit with a penny in the eye while walking around a tall building . I dunno about you, but I find that almost impossible .

[shadowgrin]

An angry beggar near a tall building throwing a penny in your eye because you gave him a penny instead of the quarter he asked for.

Probablity rules.

[BigKaboom2]

An angry beggar near a tall building throwing a penny in your eye because you gave him a penny instead of the quarter he asked for.

Probablity rules.

The angry beggar would need to be on top of the building...and I can't envision many of them being in that position.

But I need evidence of the running in the rain one - sounds silly to me.

[cyanide]

- You get less wet by running in the rain

Is this because you get to your destination faster?

- A penny dropped from the top of a tall building could kill a pedestrian

Up until today, I thought this was true.

- Animals can predict natural disasters

Not sure about this one. There are stories about cows and other animals going to higher ground or further away from the coast well before humans knew a tsunami was gonna strike.

- Water drains backwards in the Southern Hemisphere due to the Earth's rotation (from a Simpsons ep.)

Really? Huh, always thought this was true as well. Thanks for clearing the air.

[benji]

Indeed, you will definately see animals taking shelter well before a violent storm, and not reappearing until it is over.

[Andreas Dahl]

But doesn't that just have to do with their sharp senses?

TRUE
- You get less wet by running in the rain

Someone told me that you shouldn't run too fast though, as you'd be running "into" the raindrops..

[The Other Kevin]

But you walk into the drops, too. I really don't belive it, though, because I've always felt wetter (In advance, fuck you Jackal) running.

[Fitzy]

it would depend which way the rain is coming from

[puttincomputers]

hmmm i could post something about the theory of evolution but that would be hijacking this thread.... or would it... hmmm :

[el badman]

hmmm i could post something about the theory of evolution but that would be hijacking this thread.... or would it...

Oh please do, that should be fun...

[Gundy]

Ahhh it's a creationist!!!!

[Jackal]

I've always felt wetter (In advance, fuck you Jackal) running.

Haha, Kevin has a wet vagina while running.

Edit: Haha, Kevin has a vagina to begin with!!

[Pera]

But doesn't that just have to do with their sharp senses?

TRUE
- You get less wet by running in the rain

Someone told me that you shouldn't run too fast though, as you'd be running "into" the raindrops..

I think you should sprint though. Since you can cover more distance that way and you would avoid some rain, while walking you would get more rain on you and more wet.


Below: The "IIII" are the rain, the "..." is walking in the rain and the "_ _ _ _" is running. I know its simple, but by this you can see that you would need more footsteps if you were walking then if you were running. More footsteps plus more time equals you would be in the rain longer and would get more wet.

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Why do I get a feeling Jackal will get a laughter attack after reading this post.

[cyanide]

I've always felt wetter (In advance, fuck you Jackal) running.

Haha, Kevin has a wet vagina while running.

Edit: Haha, Kevin has a vagina to begin with!!

One of the best burns I've seen in a while.

[shadowgrin]

The angry beggar would need to be on top of the building

Though what are the odds of getting hit with a penny in the eye while walking around a tall building . I dunno about you, but I find that almost impossible .

He didn't specify if the penny came from above the buildning. He only said while walking around a tall building.

Not sure about this one. There are stories about cows and other animals going to higher ground or further away from the coast well before humans knew a tsunami was gonna strike.

Of all people, cyanide is the last one I expect to believe it.

Many news and eyewitness accounts described dead animals among the debris and carnage. The Washington Post, for example, reported, "In the coastal town of Velanganni...volunteers wearing face masks drove around in trucks Tuesday, picking up cattle carcasses..."

http://www.livescience.com/animals/0504 ... html#notes

hmmm i could post something about the theory of evolution but that would be hijacking this thread.... or would it...

Yes you can. Just make sure your post will contain something I don't already know about the theory of evolution. If you fail, I will e-slap you to shut your whore mouth while men are posting.

[cyanide]

Of all people, cyanide is the last one I expect to believe it.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... imals.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6795562/
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/20 ... 276513.htm

Nyah

[benji]

That article only attempts to debunk "no dead animals have been found as a result of the tsunami, confiming animals' sixth sense" which is different from what cyanide argued.

Plus, I don't know if "cattle carcasses" really counts. As those would be farm animals likely pinned in, and are not realy animals that can quickly flee the location.

[The Other Kevin]

I've always felt wetter (In advance, fuck you Jackal) running.

Haha, Kevin has a wet vagina while running.

Edit: Haha, Kevin has a vagina to begin with!!

Your mom lays on people.

[shadowgrin]

If animals do have sixth sense, I'm not impressed since humans may also have it:

They can smell the wind. They can gauge the depth of the sea with the sound of their oars. They have a sixth sense which we don't possess

http://www.nativeamericanchurch.com/Sig ... unami.html

All we need is to live like outcasts from society to rediscover that sense.

[Andreas Dahl]

I think you should sprint though. Since you can cover more distance that way and you would avoid some rain, while walking you would get more rain on you and more wet.


Below: The "IIII" are the rain, the "..." is walking in the rain and the "_ _ _ _" is running. I know its simple, but by this you can see that you would need more footsteps if you were walking then if you were running. More footsteps plus more time equals you would be in the rain longer and would get more wet.

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Why do I get a feeling Jackal will get a laughter attack after reading this post.

Yea, but the point is that if you run, you'll not only get wet from the rain coming from above, but also from the rain that is in front of you. So, if you jog, you'd still go faster than walking yet not get as wet as you would running.. But I dunno, it's just what I've heard, and for this to be true you'd probably have to generalise quite a bit.