Correcting Misconceptions, Reducing Intellectual Fail.

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LordWalter

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_misconceptions

Dear Escapist, please spread this incredibly awesome list of common urban legends far and wide.

And please, for the love of skepticism, fact-check claims with snopes, peer reviewed studies, and reputable citations.
 

MasterChief892039

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"-Biological evolution does not address the origin of life; for that, see abiogenesis. The two are commonly and mistakenly conflated. The theory of evolution explains the changes in successive generations of organisms, due to differences in genes and gene frequencies that occur in populations of living organisms over time. Thus evolution presupposes that life already exists. Biological evolution likewise says nothing about cosmology, the Big Bang, or the origins of the universe.[94]

-The word theory in the theory of evolution does not insinuate doubt from mainstream science regarding its validity; the concepts of theory and hypothesis have specific meanings in a scientific context. While theory in colloquial usage may denote a hunch or conjecture, a scientific theory is a set of principles which explain observable phenomena in natural terms.[95][96] Evolution is a theory in the same sense as germ theory, gravity, or plate tectonics.[97] (See Evolution is just a theory, not a fact.)"

Someone should tell Ben Stein and Glenn Beck.


Couple of idiots.