Yesterday I posted an article on the importance of questioning your own assumptions.
As fate would have it, today I came across a website that dedicated to correcting false assumptions we have about science, history, pop culture, and more (they call them, “misconceptions”)
It’s a very interesting site. Check it out, and see how many of the misconceptions they dispel happen to be ones you thought were true…
A few of my favorites:
- Black Friday Is Not The Biggest Shopping Day Of The Year – Good to know. Now if someone will just tell the media.
- Gun “Silencers” Don’t Make Them Anywhere Near Silent – Wait, are you saying that movies and video games are even more unrealistic?
- Dropping A Penny From The Top Of The Empire State Building Isn’t Dangerous – I heard this in elementary school and still to this day thought it might be true. More fool me.
- Listening to Mozart Won’t Make You Smarter – Take that, classical music snobs!
- Napoleon Wasn’t Short – Consider your mind officially blown.
The Lesson:
Don’t believe something’s true just because someone told you so. Even if it was your parents. Ok, maybe especially if it was your parents. Have a little respect for reason, logic, science, and fact.
And remember, if you were wrong about some of these assumptions, then what other assumptions about your own life and capabilities might you be wrong about to…?
P.S. The title of this blog post refers to yet another article on their site: Alcohol Does Not Kill Brain Cells
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