EPT... spider mines and vultures were so much worse than Banshees.
List of Common Misconceptions - Page 7
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
... spider mines and vultures were so much worse than Banshees. | ||
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bmml
United Kingdom962 Posts
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yoonyoon
Korea (South)1065 Posts
On January 15 2011 08:01 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote: does happen in canada with our geese though  those things are nastyOh god ;_; Canadian geese are SCARY. Normal birds flee when you run at them. Canadian geese RUN TOWARDS YOU. | ||
RaGe
Belgium9950 Posts
On January 15 2011 08:25 Flicky wrote: QI is just writers at the BBC testing how much bullshit "smart" people will swallow. The answer it quite a lot. People believe that show just because of how it's presented, that is as a show that is set to "disprove" these misconceptions, but all it does is spread more. It takes a lot of people a long time before they realise this. An italian friend of mine believed every word he heard until a piece about Italians throwing pasta at walls to see if it's ready was on the show. That's not true either by the way, Italians don't throw pasta at the wall to see if it's cooked. At least not any I know. Throwing pasta at the wall/ceiling is just a really old trick used by cooking noobs to see if it's ready, and it works. Doesn't matter who doesn't or does use it. I can imagine there's even Italians that do | ||
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JayDee_
548 Posts
On January 16 2011 01:32 LittLeD wrote: I heard somewhere that its a common myth that USA invented the internet? Our former vice president Al Gore was once quoted as saying he "invented the Internet". The quote is real, but the context in which Gore intended its use is debatable. http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp | ||
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
It's wrong to think people are stupid for believing any of these misconceptions. Most of these things were learned in school, and nobody has told us differently since. In fact, in school I was taught that humans and dinosaurs co-existed, and that bats are blind, and that tastebuds can only sense certain tastes, etc. although I have since learned differently. Still, some of these "common sense" misconceptions do surprise me. | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
On January 16 2011 03:18 JayDee_ wrote: Our former vice president Al Gore was once quoted as saying he "invented the Internet". The quote is real, but the context in which Gore intended its use is debatable. oh come on, no he wasn't. that's even in the OP link | ||
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JayDee_
548 Posts
On January 16 2011 03:19 JeeJee wrote: oh come on, no he wasn't. that's even in the OP link He certainly was. March 9, 1999 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. In response to Wolf Blitzer's question: "Why should Democrats, looking at the Democratic nomination process, support you instead of Bill Bradley?", Gore responded: I'll be offering my vision when my campaign begins. And it will be comprehensive and sweeping. And I hope that it will be compelling enough to draw people toward it. I feel that it will be. But it will emerge from my dialogue with the American people. I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system. | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
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JayDee_
548 Posts
On January 16 2011 03:30 JeeJee wrote: yeah i don't see a word 'invent' in there do you? don't use quotes when you don't mean you're actually QUOTING the perosn invent, create, the meaning is essentially the same. | ||
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The_A_Drain
United Kingdom36 Posts
On January 15 2011 00:48 Jstor wrote: 2. The Great Wall of China is actually NOT visible from the Moon. In fact, none are. This is the thing about Wikipedia, great as it is, (supposedly, actually more accurate than the Encyclopaedia Britannica) it can still be wrong. The Great Wall of China is not visible from space, that is correct. But there is a man made structure which is visible. I forget what it's called, but it's a man made island built by some insanely rich oil baron. I've never been to the moon, mind so I cannot tell you from personal experience. | ||
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Krikkitone
United States1451 Posts
On January 16 2011 03:41 The_A_Drain wrote: This is the thing about Wikipedia, great as it is, (supposedly, actually more accurate than the Encyclopaedia Britannica) it can still be wrong. The Great Wall of China is not visible from space, that is correct. But there is a man made structure which is visible. I forget what it's called, but it's a man made island built by some insanely rich oil baron. I've never been to the moon, mind so I cannot tell you from personal experience.Many man made structures are visible from space (just like they are visible from an airplane... 6 miles v. 20 miles is not that much of a difference) None are visible from the moon | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
On January 16 2011 03:34 JayDee_ wrote: invent, create, the meaning is essentially the same. in other words, what we can take away from this is that al gore never said he invented the internet. | ||
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Yiska
141 Posts
On January 16 2011 03:34 JayDee_ wrote: invent, create, the meaning is essentially the same. No it's not. Inventing is coming up with the idea. Creating is installing it. (Funding, Hardware, Network etc.) | ||
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Telemako
Spain1636 Posts
On January 16 2011 03:41 The_A_Drain wrote: ...But there is a man made structure which is visible... There are a lot. In Spain we have a curious one. ![[image loading]](http://www.portal-cifi.com/scifi/images/noticias/Iberia_1km_lr.jpg) This is Spain from "space". You can see a lot of white areas, all of them are snow covered surfaces but one. The one at the south-east, close to the sea. ![[image loading]](http://www.portal-cifi.com/scifi/images/noticias/Almeria_ISS_Ir_invernaderos.jpg) In fact, it's a huge area of greenhouses in Almería. | ||
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MutaDoom
Canada1163 Posts
On January 16 2011 04:51 Telemako wrote: There are a lot. In Spain we have a curious one. + Show Spoiler + This is Spain from "space". You can see a lot of white areas, all of them are snow covered surfaces but one. The one at the south-east, close to the sea. + Show Spoiler + In fact, it's a huge area of greenhouses in Almería. This I didn't know! After so many years of elementary/high school/post secondary, you'd think I should at least have heard of this place. It actually looks pretty cool lol. Good call, Telemako. Edit: Spoilering images. | ||
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FrostOtter
United States537 Posts
On January 16 2011 04:29 Yiska wrote: No it's not. Inventing is coming up with the idea. Creating is installing it. (Funding, Hardware, Network etc.) Where did you get the idea that creating is installing? | ||
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Vain
Netherlands1115 Posts
I NEVER knew this. this thread has been an eye-opener | ||
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SolHeiM
Sweden1264 Posts
On January 16 2011 04:29 Yiska wrote: No it's not. Inventing is coming up with the idea. Creating is installing it. (Funding, Hardware, Network etc.) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/invent http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/create | ||
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ludic123
Norway161 Posts
On January 16 2011 08:38 FrostOtter wrote: Where did you get the idea that creating is installing? I think he meant 'installing' as in the context of making the idea 'come to life/take shape' so to speak | ||
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