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maxpossimpible99 karma

Ever tried to un-learn something?

A lot of the things I was taught in the 90s just isn't true. And some of the things that are true have an extremely low effect, barely testable. And a lot of the "oh that sounds logical", isn't true either. Such as flossing reducing dental caries - no actual data on it - dsnt seem to do much of anything.

Here are a couple more things:

  • You only use 10% of your brain
  • Swimming after eating will give you cramps.
  • Napoleon was short.
  • The great wall of china is visible from space.
  • Your tongue has different taste regions.
  • Everything surrounding the Coriolis force as portrayed by magazines in the 90s.
  • Cracking knuckles cause Arthritis
  • Coffee dehydrates you.
  • A brown-eyed man or woman cannot have a child that has another eye colour.

maxpossimpible16 karma

Same same. It's fine being wrong.

maxpossimpible13 karma

Gao J, Tian Z, Yang X (February 2020). "Breakthrough: Chloroquine phosphate has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of COVID-19 associated pneumonia in clinical studies". Bioscience Trends. doi:10.5582/bst.2020.01047. PMID 32074550.

Just background if people were interested in why you are asking this question.

maxpossimpible8 karma

In all honesty. I can't blame them for being cautious. Remember that the inventor of DDT got the Nobel prize :)

But yeah, at some point you have to just look at the data and accept things for what they are.

maxpossimpible8 karma

Ive heard the analogy with a traffic lgiht