Sad misconceptions in todays world!

[Bast]

I don't get that reference, is that from a book?

Yes, Gone with the Wind.

 

[NovaKart]

I see, never read that book or saw the movie. There were some anti-catholics back in the day but I think it's pretty much a non-issue now except for the whole pedo thing.

 

[Tani Coyote]

That parents always know what's right

That the ratings system is actually worth something

That videogames make people violent

I might regret asking this but what are furries?

Furries are an interest group; said interest is animals with human characteristics - walking on two-legs, speaking an actual language, basically being human but with animal anatomy. This interest is the only unifying characteristic; there are plenty of different types. Some furries just like to draw them. Others go all out and dress up in animal suits.

And shadow fans?

People who are fans of Shadow the Hedgehog, who is the Scrappy of the Sonic series; that meaning that you either him or him. Many Shadow fans are rabid fangirls who give us all a bad name, talking about wanting his babies and stuff.

The Sonic fandom is quite diverse... maybe too diverse. Just like the furry fandom.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Napoleon was a short bloke.
Brontosaurus is a dinosaur.
We only use 10% of our brain (the other 90% is used to process lol-cats)
Alcohol kills braincells.

 

[NovaKart]

Well giving birth to a hedgehog baby would really hurt I think.

 

[Glassfan]

Taxation is theft

I think the winner is "taxation is theft".

Taxation without representation is theft.

 

[Tani Coyote]

That the government had any active role in 9/11

That various diseases and afflictions were manufactured by the government for whatever reason(apparently there's one where the gov't created AIDS to destroy... Nigeria. For whatever reason)

Conspiracies in general

We only use 10% of our brain (the other 90% is used to process lol-cats)

Oh but that's such a convenient pseudo-fact to list to explain things.

Well giving birth to a hedgehog baby would really hurt I think.

Indeed, but they don't know that.

Taxation without representation is theft.

I hadn't thought about it, but yes, this would be correct. You have no way to give even passive consent if you can't change the government that imposes those taxes upon you.

 

[woody60707]

That the American civil war was (or the Union/north care) about ending slavery.

If anyone cared about black people, it wouldn't have taken a 100 years for the civil rights movement to start.

 

[Tee Kay]

Life, the universe and everything.

Because everyone sees the world in a different light.

 

[classical_hero]

That parents always know what's right

That one is true. The older you get, the more you realise that it is a true stament, not a misconception.

 

[Cutlass]

Is that one wrong? I assumed that it meant that after being victims of a mugging they are to afraid to go near their attacker ever again, thus explaining why they are now so careful to avoid reality at all costs.

With neo-cons, the claim was that they were liberals, but then reality forced them to abandon it anf take on their current views. But their current views are a complete rejection of reality. They've taken objective reality and replaced it with hallucinations.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

That one is true. The older you get, the more you realise that it is a true stament, not a misconception.

"Always" was the key word in that statement.

 

[Disgustipated]

Taxation is theft

and

Libertarians are rational

taxation is theft. It's not a misconception. Even if there are good uses for it, that doesn't change the fact.

 

[Arakhor]

Except that it simply isn't a fact. Nice try, though.

 

[El_Machinae]

I think a big one would be the idea that Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt in an Exodus.

I mean, that's a story that a huge portion of the World's population seems to be familiar with, and that nearly everyone believes as 'plausible'.

Now, obviously it's okay for there to be misconceptions about history, but this one is really widespread and it's really conserved (i.e., many of the people have the same misconception). And just imagine how different the world would be if people gave weight to the negative evidence against this myth! Criticism within Islam would be much more acceptable. Passover celebrations would be quaint. etc.

 

[Arakhor]

Clearly, it's a mythologised recounting of a decades-long migration. Fire from the sky and showers of bread are clear signs of a good story, not history.

 

[Rub'Rum]

Spiders start their webs by beginning on an object, descending, walking across the floor and climbing on another object, and then trolling the slack until the thread is tight.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Trolling the slack? How? Saying "OMG slack you such a n00b LOL!"?

 

[El_Machinae]

Clearly, it's a mythologised recounting of a decades-long migration. Fire from the sky and showers of bread are clear signs of a good story, not history.

There's no evidence of a migration. The Israelites seem to be the Canaanites. They're the same peoples.

 

[Arakhor]

Strike another "misconception" for Biblical literalists to ignore then