Bits of "common sense" that need to die

[Lithibia]

Global warming Anything is "100% Scientifically proven"

[New Manvir]

Marijuana use leads to Heroin/Meth/Cocaine

This too. Hell, half the things people (and especially governments) say about marijuana are blatantly untrue.

[IrishPunk]

Everyone around me seems to think that: Right handed= smart/Left handed= creative.

I hear this one all the time, and it makes me want to slap whoever says it.

[New Octopucta]

Global warming Anything is "100% Scientifically proven"

Alternatively, that because something isn't "100% Scientifically proven" that it is completely false and has no merit. *glares at the anti-evolutionists and anti-global warming crowd*

[Lithibia]

Global warming Anything is "100% Scientifically proven"

Alternatively, that because something isn't "100% Scientifically proven" that it is completely false and has no merit. *glares at the anti-evolutionists and anti-global warming crowd*

I agree.

[Dakini]

The "common sense" that we only use 10% of their brain.
The "common sense" that girls are inherently less interested in math/science/sport/etc.

[Arcomo]

Alternative medicine is an alternative to medicine.

[New Octopucta]

Alternatively, that because something isn't "100% Scientifically proven" that it is completely false and has no merit. *glares at the anti-evolutionists and anti-global warming crowd*

I agree.

Also, that tennis is somehow a less athletic sport than the others (football and soccer for instance).

[Niur]

Niggardly is a racial epithet
Dinosaurs were scaly
Invertetbrates are less or even of equal importance to verbtebrates
Nero played a lyre during the fire of Rome
Caligula was named Caligula
All dinosaurs went extinct
There is a such thing as a truely eidetic memory (it is impossible to remember everthing. Perfect memory is never universal, it is highly specialized.)
A higher IQ means you're smarter
True artistic talent is being able to draw (paint, sculpt,etc) something with perfect accuracy. (not so common among the scholorly type that frequents this forum, but pervasive among many in the US.)

[Xsyne]

Alternative medicine is an alternative to medicine.

It is an alternative to medicine, in the same way that drinking bleach is an alternative to drinking water.

[Aethyopea]

That people had far more common sense back in the day before it was completely eroded by the nanny state/corporations/the illuminati/television/the media/whatever boogyman is hot this week.

[Secular Sweden]

...that people who do not believe in (a) God has lower moral sense
...that celebrating the birth of a solar diety (i.e Jesus) around winter solstice is a Christian tradition from the beginning
...that all Swedes are called Sven, Lars and Inga
...that Romani people steal
...that getting a child is the most wonderful, magical, Holy, spiritual, fulfilling experience in the world
...that aids is more prevalent among homosexuals than heterosexuals
...that the Catholic Church is infallible

[Greater Cabinda]

You're super duper smart if you get straight A's.

Likewise, the belief that standardized testing is completely useless.

[New Octopucta]

True artistic talent is being able to draw (paint, sculpt,etc) something with perfect accuracy. (not so common among the scholorly type that frequents this forum, but pervasive among many in the US.)

^This. For a recent art assignment, we had to create ten pieces of art inspired by ten different artists, and I've caught flak for picking Jackson Pollock and Piet Mondrian, because apparently they aren't real artists because their art is more abstract than other artists.

[Greater Cabinda]

^This. For a recent art assignment, we had to create ten pieces of art inspired by ten different artists, and I've caught flak for picking Jackson Pollock and Piet Mondrian, because apparently they aren't real artists because their art is more abstract than other artists.

Just accuse those who tell you that of being Nazis.

That godwin's law is always a fallacy.

[Lithibia]

I agree.

Also, that tennis is somehow a less athletic sport than the others (football and soccer for instance).

Or that marching band is for wimps.

[OMGeverynameistaken]

That Trafalgar and Waterloo were the only important battles in the Napoleonic Wars.

[The Blaatschapen]

...that all Swedes are called Sven, Lars and Inga

Most Swedes are called Bjorn and Helga instead. The Norwegians however *nods*

That Holland and the Netherlands are the same thing.

[Yootwopia]

That Trafalgar and Waterloo were the only important battles in the Napoleonic Wars.

Good point, Trafalgar was basically an aside.

[Eboinland]

Socialism.

[New Octopucta]

That Trafalgar and Waterloo were the only important battles in the Napoleonic Wars.

The same can be said for most wars actually. If you ask an American to name two battles of the Revolution, you'll get some combination of Lexington, Concord, Bunker(Breeds)Hill, and Trenton. You might also get the Boston Massacre if you are talking to someone who slept through History class.

[Trotskylvania]

True artistic talent is being able to draw (paint, sculpt,etc) something with perfect accuracy. (not so common among the scholorly type that frequents this forum, but pervasive among many in the US.)

^This. For a recent art assignment, we had to create ten pieces of art inspired by ten different artists, and I've caught flak for picking Jackson Pollock and Piet Mondrian, because apparently they aren't real artists because their art is more abstract than other artists.

Picking Pollock was probably a bad idea in that regard, because his art is not only indiscernible and devoid of recognizable form, his technique relied heavily on happenstance.

I personally think Pollock's work and the subsequent imitators epitomize the Quixotic nature that a lot of modern art has taken

[New Octopucta]

Socialism.

What about it?

[Salandriagado]

I agree.

Also, that tennis is somehow a less athletic sport than the others (football and soccer for instance).

As a competitive sailor, hell yes.

[Arcomo]

Alternative medicine is an alternative to medicine.

It is an alternative to medicine, in the same way that drinking bleach is an alternative to drinking water.

Which is exactly my point.