THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SCIENCE
Added on: 14th May 2016
SCIENCE CHANGES
Not everything you grew up thinking as “true” will be true
when you die. This is a good thing. It means that we are
discovering more about the universe (and about
everything else for that matter).
NATURAL DOES NOT EQUAL HEALTHY
Potassium cyanide is natural, but it is definitely not healthy.
BACTERIA ARE EVERYWHERE
In fact, if every cell in your body could vote, bacteria
would have a 90% majority. By cell count, there are
more bacteria cells inside of you than human cells.
CORRELATION DOESN'T EQUAL CAUSATION
This doesn’t mean that you should ignore correlation though.
The more evidence for something there is, the more you
should consider the causation.
YOU USE 100 PERCENT OF YOUR BRAIN
You just don’t use all of it at the same time
(unless you’re having a seizure).
ENDORPHINS CAUSE ATTRACTION
When you “fall in love” with somebody, your brain is basically
on a chemical high. This effect wears off after about two years.
YOUR MOBILE PHONE WON'T KILL YOU
Yes, it does emit radiation, but so do you. In fact, you emit
more radiation than your cell phone.
NUCLEAR REACTORS ARE ALWAYS "CRITICAL"
Unlike what Hollywood leads you to believe, nuclear reactors
are always critical. In fact, that is a word used to describe
that they are working.
MEMORY
Our memories are hopelessly inaccurate. In fact, in light of
recent findings, there are movements aimed at reducing the
court system’s reliance on eyewitness testimony. The fact is,
you are not really remembering the event at all…you’re only
remembering the last time you remembered it. And every time
your brain imagines something, it either adds to it, or takes away.
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