Comments on: The 10 Biggest Misconceptions We Learn In School http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/ Man Guide Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:09:35 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Oleg http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-22700 Oleg Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:07:14 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-22700 Forgive, I specify)))))) Concerning item 4. If you read yourselves so intellectual person that record where нибудь the following: the bulb was invented by Russian scientist Jablochkov, and the others only it have improved all. Forgive, I specify))))))
Concerning item 4. If you read yourselves so intellectual person that record where нибудь the following: the bulb was invented by Russian scientist Jablochkov, and the others only it have improved all.

]]> By: Oleg http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-22699 Oleg Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:54:38 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-22699 Concerning item 10. If you read yourselves so intellectual person that record where нибудь the following: the bulb was invented by Russian scientist Jablochkov, and the others only it have improved all. Concerning item 10. If you read yourselves so intellectual person that record where нибудь the following: the bulb was invented by Russian scientist Jablochkov, and the others only it have improved all.

]]> By: michael http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-22669 michael Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:45:42 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-22669 Inventor of the light bulb filament believe Russian Electrical Engineer Lodygin. In 1872, he demonstrated a sample bulb with carbon filament, and received the privilege (patent) № 1847. And its Edison invented in 1881 after a visit to Russia, where in the palaces of light bulbs shining for almost 10 years. Inventor of the light bulb filament believe Russian Electrical Engineer Lodygin. In 1872, he demonstrated a sample bulb with carbon filament, and received the privilege (patent) № 1847. And its Edison invented in 1881 after a visit to Russia, where in the palaces of light bulbs shining for almost 10 years.

]]> By: sasha http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-19420 sasha Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:53:53 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-19420 Hey! I just want u to know that Germany uses a 6-point grading scale: 1 (excellent) - 6 (insufficient). So if Einstein had had mostly "4"s , he would have been a sufficient student and not excellent. Just in case :) Hey! I just want u to know that Germany uses a 6-point grading scale:
1 (excellent) – 6 (insufficient). So if Einstein had had mostly “4″s , he would have been a sufficient student and not excellent. Just in case :)

]]> By: brad http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-16229 brad Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:32:49 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-16229 actually, different parts of the tongue have different taste sensations, i asked my psychology teacher this one, and he has a PhD in psychology so I'm sure he knows what hes talking about actually, different parts of the tongue have different taste sensations, i asked my psychology teacher this one, and he has a PhD in psychology so I’m sure he knows what hes talking about

]]> By: Carlos http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-14440 Carlos Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:31:04 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-14440 Ha!.. The comments are way better than the article. Ha!.. The comments are way better than the article.

]]> By: Ashwin http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-11720 Ashwin Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:29:15 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-11720 Well I really don't think this article is able to provide some genuinely groundbreaking information, though it certainly provides you a number of laughs due to its humorous undertone. My school never told me that Columbus thought earth was flat, neither did they teach me anything about evolution of human from monkeys (yes, they told me that human did evolve from a primitive form of ape-like thing and joked about monkeys being like brothers to us). Anyways, you have lost the plot at many points, dear, while trying to do investigative internet journalism. May be, Einstein really didn't perform well in some subjects at school barring Maths.. who cares, and how can you be sure he really was a topper. Well I really don’t think this article is able to provide some genuinely groundbreaking information, though it certainly provides you a number of laughs due to its humorous undertone.

My school never told me that Columbus thought earth was flat, neither did they teach me anything about evolution of human from monkeys (yes, they told me that human did evolve from a primitive form of ape-like thing and joked about monkeys being like brothers to us).

Anyways, you have lost the plot at many points, dear, while trying to do investigative internet journalism. May be, Einstein really didn’t perform well in some subjects at school barring Maths.. who cares, and how can you be sure he really was a topper.

]]> By: hobs http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-11688 hobs Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:56:58 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-11688 I have personally been to the equator and seen the Coriolis effect demonstrated without toilets, but using the same drain on both sides, and the middle of the equator, he showed 3 different spins. I have personally been to the equator and seen the Coriolis effect demonstrated without toilets, but using the same drain on both sides, and the middle of the equator, he showed 3 different spins.

]]> By: Dave http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-11687 Dave Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:55:14 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-11687 Very interesting stuff, but it looks like it was written by a moron. The idiotic way it is written spoils it entirely Very interesting stuff, but it looks like it was written by a moron. The idiotic way it is written spoils it entirely

]]> By: Somekinda guysittinghere http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-11683 Somekinda guysittinghere Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:19:40 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-11683 Does anyone here know if all of these facts are actually true? What about the second, third, and fifth ones specifically. I'm trying to figure this out here now. Does anyone here know if all of these facts are actually true? What about the second, third, and fifth ones specifically. I’m trying to figure this out here now.

]]> By: Lewis http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-11657 Lewis Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:15:49 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-11657 Also, the creatures we evolved from WERE apes, just not any currently extant species of ape. Also, the creatures we evolved from WERE apes, just not any currently extant species of ape.

]]> By: Vole http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-11186 Vole Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:55:55 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-11186 Coriolis effect demonstrated at the equator. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTaP5L6iTAY Of course a pedant will say this is a sink draining and not a toilet flushing. Coriolis effect demonstrated at the equator.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTaP5L6iTAY

Of course a pedant will say this is a sink draining and not a toilet flushing.

]]> By: Wladimir http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-10962 Wladimir Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:11:13 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-10962 Hi, I think you missed physics class? Water DO flushes differently in different hemispheres because of Coriolis Effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect Hi, I think you missed physics class? Water DO flushes differently in different hemispheres because of Coriolis Effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect

]]> By: Fausto http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-10958 Fausto Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:08:23 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-10958 Anyone can write anything on the internet. Even idiots like the author of this shit can write things on the internet. You're a complete idiot... By the way im german and here de grade is 1 to 4 being 1 the best grade Anyone can write anything on the internet.
Even idiots like the author of this shit can write things on the internet.
You’re a complete idiot…
By the way im german and here de grade is 1 to 4 being 1 the best grade

]]> By: a http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-10947 a Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:18:19 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-10947 Again, for emphasis: Duh, NOBODY ever said Columbus thought the earth was flat. If he did, he wouldn’t have gone off sailing west trying to reach the Indies. The author of this article is an idiot. <---- TRUE Again, for emphasis:

Duh, NOBODY ever said Columbus thought the earth was flat.

If he did, he wouldn’t have gone off sailing west trying to reach the Indies.

The author of this article is an idiot. <—- TRUE

]]> By: Jack http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-10883 Jack Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:25:11 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-10883 "Number 10 is incorrect, bitterness is the only taste you can taste throughout your entire tongue, these facts are not opposite to each other, you should have listened more carefully in biology classes…" Easy to solve: do a test. I just tested salt and can taste it over my entire tongue, not just in once place. Fail. “Number 10 is incorrect, bitterness is the only taste you can taste throughout your entire tongue, these facts are not opposite to each other, you should have listened more carefully in biology classes…”

Easy to solve: do a test. I just tested salt and can taste it over my entire tongue, not just in once place. Fail.

]]> By: ZackG http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-10579 ZackG Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:54:50 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-10579 hahaha Great Nothing better than giving the ol' Public School System a big F-K YOU!! hahaha Great Nothing better than giving the ol’ Public School System a big F-K YOU!!

]]> By: Kristiono Setyadi http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-10578 Kristiono Setyadi Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:48:02 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-10578 Well.. I don't believe it. At least, you didn't provide with a trustful links with each category. I think you have fail on this. Sorry. Well.. I don’t believe it. At least, you didn’t provide with a trustful links with each category. I think you have fail on this. Sorry.

]]> By: Elaine http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-10520 Elaine Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:57:41 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-10520 Einstein is NOT from Switzerland, he was born/raised in Ulm, Germany and only went to Switzerland in his late teens because he had trouble at school in Germany. He did not even pass his entrance exam at the first school. He was good at the science subjects and not the rest, which make it arguable if he "got bad grades at school" as the author wrote. He did in some but not the rest. AND- the problem here is the author of this article wrote "Einstein was a top student in elementary school, getting mostly “4″s (on the German grading scale of 1-4), which idiot Americans later assumed, backwardly, were “D”s. " He did go to elementary school in Germany and the German grading system is NOT 1-4 and 4 is about Ds. I am not American but who is the idiot here? Plain ignorance. But, seriously he is a genius and who really cares if he got straight As at school or not. It's just sad that people do not check the facts before they start forming opinions and even writing/publishing articles about it. Einstein is NOT from Switzerland, he was born/raised in Ulm, Germany and only went to Switzerland in his late teens because he had trouble at school in Germany. He did not even pass his entrance exam at the first school.

He was good at the science subjects and not the rest, which make it arguable if he “got bad grades at school” as the author wrote. He did in some but not the rest.

AND- the problem here is the author of this article wrote
“Einstein was a top student in elementary school, getting mostly “4″s (on the German grading scale of 1-4), which idiot Americans later assumed, backwardly, were “D”s. ”

He did go to elementary school in Germany and the German grading system is NOT 1-4 and 4 is about Ds. I am not American but who is the idiot here? Plain ignorance.

But, seriously he is a genius and who really cares if he got straight As at school or not. It’s just sad that people do not check the facts before they start forming opinions and even writing/publishing articles about it.

]]> By: Bandi http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-10518 Bandi Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:35:50 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-10518 Albert Einstein was from Switzerland. In Switzerland a 6 is the highest Degree and 1 the lowest. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulnote#Schweiz Albert Einstein was from Switzerland. In Switzerland a 6 is the highest Degree and 1 the lowest.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulnote#Schweiz

]]> By: jhn http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-10437 jhn Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:28:41 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-10437 The Coriolis effect has no influence on the direction of water in a terlet. The author is correct. That stupid myth has been debunked by experiments, amateur and professional, and physicists over and over. Everything in this article is correct, and you doubters are idiots. http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp The Coriolis effect has no influence on the direction of water in a terlet. The author is correct. That stupid myth has been debunked by experiments, amateur and professional, and physicists over and over.

Everything in this article is correct, and you doubters are idiots.

http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp

]]> By: Djoh http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-10323 Djoh Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:04:31 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-10323 Yeah, lot of bullshits in this one. Wated does flush in different directions, it's called the Coriolis effect. Yeah, lot of bullshits in this one.
Wated does flush in different directions, it’s called the Coriolis effect.

]]> By: Yaron http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-10285 Yaron Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:09:03 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-10285 Number 10 is incorrect, bitterness is the only taste you can taste throughout your entire tongue, these facts are not opposite to each other, you should have listened more carefully in biology classes... Number 10 is incorrect, bitterness is the only taste you can taste throughout your entire tongue, these facts are not opposite to each other, you should have listened more carefully in biology classes…

]]> By: Bernard http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-10075 Bernard Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:07:40 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-10075 #9 no, Columbus thought he was at Japan, not India. Indian is what one group he met called themselves. #9 no, Columbus thought he was at Japan, not India. Indian is what one group he met called themselves.

]]> By: Brad http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/13/the-10-biggest-misconceptions-we-learn-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-10018 Brad Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:07:36 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=37733#comment-10018 Duh, NOBODY ever said Columbus thought the earth was flat. If he did, he wouldn't have gone off sailing west trying to reach the Indies. The author of this article is an idiot. Duh, NOBODY ever said Columbus thought the earth was flat.

If he did, he wouldn’t have gone off sailing west trying to reach the Indies.

The author of this article is an idiot.

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