THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SCIENCE

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.