What are the worst misconceptions you know of?
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Besides the whole games=evil thing? The misconception that making games is some how easy or fun. It's work just like any other job.
Atheists are lacking in moral fiber. True, we often have looser vodes of conduct or ideas of government, but it's because we are not bound by the pointless rules of biblical morality. Actually, it's usually the opposite. Every deeply religious person I know is either insufferable or downright cruel.
Atheists/agnostics hate relgion. I honestly don't know if I'm going to regret bringing this one into conversation, since it's honestly so god damn irritating. Also, that all Catholics are super up-tight buttholes that won't except any diversity. Also, that someone insisting atheists/agnostics don't hate religion must think all catholics hate atheism, and vice versa. I'm seriously rambling. Now would be the proper time to stop.
It's one I don't get, but I think it comes from the other stupid misconception that the only reason people would believe is because they're too stupid to understand how science works. I know a few people that think that.Marik2 said:
It's not as widespread as i made out, but several times i've been called over by people i know who say things like "Hey Joe, you do physics. Explain to this person how the big bang disproves God." and then won't accept "It doesn't" as an answer.
Tbh i think it's just because the atheists around me seem to turn it into some sort of self-superior cult who think anyone who doesn't believe what they do is lower than them.
That drinking urine can save your life in a desert or when you're otherwise left without water. I know, it's relatively minor, but still. Urine is full of salts and waste products from your body. And unlike some people think, being sterile doesn't mean it's fit for consumption. There's plenty of sterile things you really don't want in yourself, and urine is one of them. It's worse than drinking sea water, depending on things, and anyone with any understanding of biology can tell you why drinking salty liquids only dehydrates you more.
So in short: do not drink urine even in a desert, even if you're dying for water. You'll only die quicker. Unless you manage to distill it, in which case you can look for sea water as well.
Also, that people only use 10% of their brains and the rest is somehow a locked-away mystery land that can be used to handwave any and all opposition of psychic powers, preconception, clairvoyance or other alleged "powers of the mind".
Also also, that rats are any worse than, say, dogs, and are uncontrollable vermin that magically spread disease without even needing to have any in the first place and want to eat your children (and possibly sacrifice the shreds of their consumed souls to dark rat-gods of places beyond and below). Any rat owner can and will tell you that pet rats are incredibly social and intelligent and bond very easily with a human. Unlike most creatures with a brain around the size of your thumb, they exhibit amazing amounts of personality and cleverness.
And on that note, they don't squeak all the time either, only when distressed.
I have more, but let's go with those.
So in short: do not drink urine even in a desert, even if you're dying for water. You'll only die quicker. Unless you manage to distill it, in which case you can look for sea water as well.
Also, that people only use 10% of their brains and the rest is somehow a locked-away mystery land that can be used to handwave any and all opposition of psychic powers, preconception, clairvoyance or other alleged "powers of the mind".
Also also, that rats are any worse than, say, dogs, and are uncontrollable vermin that magically spread disease without even needing to have any in the first place and want to eat your children (and possibly sacrifice the shreds of their consumed souls to dark rat-gods of places beyond and below). Any rat owner can and will tell you that pet rats are incredibly social and intelligent and bond very easily with a human. Unlike most creatures with a brain around the size of your thumb, they exhibit amazing amounts of personality and cleverness.
And on that note, they don't squeak all the time either, only when distressed.
I have more, but let's go with those.
Here lies my argument. I've heard people freak out over evolution, saying it's an attempt to disprove God. I'll usually say that maybe evolution is how God wanted it to work, and if there's any higher power, the belief in It can be strengthened by understanding the world you believe It created. This sometimes causes the atheists/agnostics to rip on me because they think I'm stating a newfound belief in God, and my neutrality is destroyed -_-Marik2 said:
Actually, it can be argued that theories indeed have no proof, in so far as a proof is defined as an object truth that assures the utter and complete truth of something else. Said in another way: Proof can leave no doubt, or it is not proof. And really, who can point at any theory, or the proof of it, and say that there is not even a tiny inkling of doubt?FinalHeart95 said:
It is, of course, not really important(and most likely not what you were getting at), other than that we should always remember that we should never be too sure in our knowledge. If we did not possess doubt, we would never acquire new knowledge, and science would not be possible.
So yeah, maybe a completely redundant post, but I have discussed this quite a lot of times, so I can't keep my trap shut whenever the subject comes up
Here's another one:
"All books written before 1900 are dull".
Anyone who's said this has obviously never read Jane Eyre, or Gulliver's Travels, or 20000 Leagues under the sea.
"Women with larger breasts are more attractive!"
By this logic, the most attractive woman on earth would be someone with a cup size of EEE. The only reason men think like this is that their brains think that Larger Breasts=Larger Mammary Glands=More milk for their offspring. Seriously.
"(insert religious entity here) hates (insert person/group/entity you don't like here)"
Example: The Global Standard Deity hates Dodos.
Self explanatory.
"All books written before 1900 are dull".
Anyone who's said this has obviously never read Jane Eyre, or Gulliver's Travels, or 20000 Leagues under the sea.
"Women with larger breasts are more attractive!"
By this logic, the most attractive woman on earth would be someone with a cup size of EEE. The only reason men think like this is that their brains think that Larger Breasts=Larger Mammary Glands=More milk for their offspring. Seriously.
"(insert religious entity here) hates (insert person/group/entity you don't like here)"
Example: The Global Standard Deity hates Dodos.
Self explanatory.
Vaccines causes Autism.
No. No. No. No.
And on a lighter note.
All welsh people shag sheep.
Come on England, give us something we can take the piss out of you with. Tea isn't really English, not much of "Englishness" is. However I do like saying the English language is a scrapbook language.
No. No. No. No.
And on a lighter note.
All welsh people shag sheep.
Come on England, give us something we can take the piss out of you with. Tea isn't really English, not much of "Englishness" is. However I do like saying the English language is a scrapbook language.
It's more of a case of men not caring as much if a women just wants to lie there. No I am not saying men don't care at all, it's just not as bad.NeuroticDogDad said:
Popular culture is wrong about the very existence of the g-spot, so I suppose in a way it is correct about men in general not knowing where it is.
As far as only women faking orgasms, I can tell you that I have done that a couple of times so I know for certainty it's not only women. I blame it on the liquor.
Most apparent to me:
I was in the military, so I MUST BE a Republican. Similarly, I'm a pagan, so I MUST BE a Democrat.
I get both, depending on to whom I speak.
I was in the military, so I MUST BE a Republican. Similarly, I'm a pagan, so I MUST BE a Democrat.
I get both, depending on to whom I speak.
Not that I want to start arguing about minor details and semantic with you, but if a man is attracted to a woman with larger breasts, then by the very meaning of the word a woman with larger breasts is, to him, more attractive. You can, of course, argue that it comes from a stupid, primitive, instinctual preference, but he was still attracted to that woman more, and thus she was more attractive.Ih8pkmn said:
Of course, you can also make a case about the fact that there is no objective standard of attraction, which nobody will deny, but there you go. If a man found something more atractive, then that thing was more attractive.
BOOO!Quazimofo said:
I guess that would be more effective if you could see I was Mexican. Oh and here is a tongue sticking out so you know, that I know, that you are joking: =P
Oh, oh I have one: That it even matters if homosexuality is a choice or not. Let people be attracted to whoever they are attracted to as long as they are not taking advantage of anyone what does it matter?Rascarin said:
Please also note that when people talk of choice and reasons why it might be a choice they don't mean to imply (well the sane ones don't) that the person makes a conscious effort one day, or simply decides one morning that sleeping with the same sex sounds like a swell idea. Everyone understands (again the sane ones) that the person happens to be attracted to the same sex and they have about as much conscious control over that as a person attracted to the opposite sex, it's just the underlying reason for that attraction that is at question.
The amount of misconceptions about MMA are too long to list but I'll go through a few.
1) That MMA is UFC.
A:Its not, UFC is an MMA show but not MMA it self.
2) That MMA is a blood sport with no rules and/or they fight to the death.
A: There have always been rules in MMA. Even in the early UFC days they had rules. A list of this rules can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts_rules While the rules do vary from different shows and promotions, they are mostly the same. As for fighting to the death... Very few people have died during fighting in an MMA competitions and no legal MMA contest as ever been to the death. MMA is a relatively safe sport (When compared to the mortality rate in most other sports) and is about as safe as Boxing and most other full contact combat sports.
3) That cage fighters are just drunks and street fighters from down the street who know nothing about Martial Arts or have had training.
A: I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have gyms training the style if they you didn't require any previous training to enter. While yes a few street fighters have entered, very few have faired well in the sport (Kimbo lasted about 13 seconds against a stand in). The people you often see in the cage/ring are often trained Martial Artist who spend a lot of there time working hard at the gym.
4)All MMA fights take place in a Cage.
A: No, while most MMA fights take place in a cage. Many promotions use rings and or cages.
Well that's all I have.
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1) That MMA is UFC.
A:Its not, UFC is an MMA show but not MMA it self.
2) That MMA is a blood sport with no rules and/or they fight to the death.
A: There have always been rules in MMA. Even in the early UFC days they had rules. A list of this rules can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts_rules While the rules do vary from different shows and promotions, they are mostly the same. As for fighting to the death... Very few people have died during fighting in an MMA competitions and no legal MMA contest as ever been to the death. MMA is a relatively safe sport (When compared to the mortality rate in most other sports) and is about as safe as Boxing and most other full contact combat sports.
3) That cage fighters are just drunks and street fighters from down the street who know nothing about Martial Arts or have had training.
A: I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have gyms training the style if they you didn't require any previous training to enter. While yes a few street fighters have entered, very few have faired well in the sport (Kimbo lasted about 13 seconds against a stand in). The people you often see in the cage/ring are often trained Martial Artist who spend a lot of there time working hard at the gym.
4)All MMA fights take place in a Cage.
A: No, while most MMA fights take place in a cage. Many promotions use rings and or cages.
Well that's all I have.
My parents have been playing together since Everquest... Though I wish they wouldn't that many bloody arguement...crudus said:
Is it bad that, besides the four sugars (four sugars... That's not tea your drinking... Its treacle) everything on there matches my list. Even worse is... I'm a Brit too... Maybe this isn't a stereotype, its British naturemoretimethansense said:
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