7 Science Myths You Probably Believe

All of our teachers were lying.

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[DanTheMan]

My teacher never said the earth got closer to the sun in summer... in-fact they said exactly what this video said...

[TyrelHaveman]

Just because we haven't YET been able to decipher a language that dolphins may have doesn't mean they DON'T have one -- it just means we haven't be able to figure out if there is one.

[graceraszewski]

Well, in Australia, in January it's summer so...That last one ain't new to me.

[Lacaras]

A couple points...
-All animals have their own "language" or way to communicate with one another.
-Skipping breakfast while not causation of gaining weight, does have correlation, if you skip breakfast you may have the tendency to overeat for the rest of the day.

[ValknutGaming]

You forgot about the Gods.
Oh wait, Religion is not Scientific, it's just myth.

[lovenmusic]

1st grade teacher: No, Theres NOTHING Below Zero... 5th grade teacher: Okay, Below Zero Is -1, -2, -3. Me: What.... THEY LIED

[minigorilla]

Probably everybody knew that last one.

[antitype]

just because our sciene cannot figure out the dolphin language doesnt mean that they dont have one.

[BradleyRubin]

THANK YOU for dispelling the zero gravity myth, BuzzFeed. As an engineer, that one drives me crazy when people say it.

[ayalaj]

It's a throwaway video to most, but I am glad I somehow ended up saving it as a favorite. It somehow was a core memory as a freshman in high school.

[bugginbee]

The frequency of certain clicks and whistles that dolphins use were plotted on a graph which scientists found to be an exact correlation between the graphs of word frequency for every language known to humans. Dolphins do have their own language.

[MilesReiter]

Excellently put, in addition to that there's research showing that dolphins have names for each other, research for a larger language than that is still ongoing but as you said, saying "Wrong" is absolutely ridiculous.

[Gnomefro]

This is why scientists say dolphins don't have language capability. Having language involves being a competent communicator who is capable of conscious information exchange with other agents. This includes having a theory of mind, such that one is able to understand that the other party might possess information you don't. Dolphins almost certainly don't have this. If they did, our interaction would be on a completely different level.

[nicholasandriani]

While what you said was correct "Skipping breakfast actually has no effect on weight gain", it's not skipping the meal that causes you to gain weight, it is the craving after skipping the meal. If we don't eat breakfast, we'll be hungrier later in the day, causing us to eat more, thus we gain weight.

[Sanielty]

the 'skipping breakfast' part is because you'll probably eat much more for lunch because of hunger, and when your body gets more energy than it needs it will store it on your body as fat

[Jigsaw]

The fact about breakfast is actually correct. Skipping breakfast doesn't cause direct weight gain. The habit of not eating breakfast often causes your metabolism to decrease, which makes you gain weight faster.

[itsjustameme]

I sincerely hope that no teacher ever told his students that summer is warmer because the earth is closer to the sun.

My teacher at least explained to me the correct definition back in the 5th grade, and I hope yours did too.

[xnoreq]

1) "Lightning never strikes twice" is not a science myth, it is an idiom...

3) The effective gravity is close to 0.
If you just look at the earth component of the Earth you get about 89%. Can this be considered only a "tiny bit" weaker?

4) Dolphins communicate with each other. Maybe it does not satisfy the standards of a "language", but they are smart enough to even learn human sign language...

5) It does have an effect. The problem with toilets is that the stream of the water and shape of the bowl, etc. are much stronger than the effect.

[scorpionz]

the breakfast one is wrong about being wrong.
what you eat for BFast determines the rest of your diet that day. the more you eat for breakfast the hungrier you'll be during the day and seek higher calorie foods. this is why i dont like buzzfeed, they don't really offer good information

[Yui]

I would add the following 2 to your list:
1. GMOs are always bad
(changing the genes of an organism doesn't magically make them bad nor does it magically make them good. We specifically select what genes to change to improve an organism)

2. Evolution is just a guess about the origin of modern organisms.
(evolution is a scientific fact. The word 'Theory' that citizens know has a vastly different definition than the term 'Scientific Theory' which is what Evolution is. It's as true as gravity)