Category: Wrong perceptions
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Bacteria, new opinions, old "wrong" opinions...
Levi Strauss said that people have a tendency to believe that newer thoughts are always better and more correct than older ones. And this is totally but totally wrong. In the old days we thought that species were constant and unchangeable. Now we (think we) "know" they are not. Take for example bacteria or viruses,…
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Doctor strikes & mortality rates. A strange relation…
When doctors are on strike, the mortality rate stays the same or, many times, falls!!! [1, 2, 3, 4] Sometimes common logic is based on nothing else than common misconceptions... > Updated the relevant section of the Religion and Science Unification article.
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Invasive species, "invasive" species, categories...
A research suggests that an invasive species of midge has the potential to drastically alter Antarctic ecosystems that have been isolated for millions of years. That species of midge was well-suited to thrive in the extreme conditions and has managed to release large volumes of nutrients into the soil, changing the way native species live…
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BP, Deep Horizon and the "we must do something" mania of Western people...
If the 4.9 million barrels of oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill was a ecological disaster, the two million gallons of dispersant used to clean it up apparently made it even worse! According to new research from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes…
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A world without Pain. Be careful what you wish for...
How would you like to live a life without pain? A young girl named Ashlyn does have this "unfortunate luck": she cannot feel any pain at all! At school, she was once asked if she was Superman. Could she feel a punch to the face? Could she walk across burning coals as if she were…
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