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List of common misconceptions#Evolution and paleontology

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Each entry on this list of common misconceptions is worded as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated. These entries are concise summaries; the main subject articles can be consulted for more detail.

Common misconceptions are viewpoints or factoids that are often accepted as true, but which are actually false. They generally arise from conventional wisdom (such as old wives' tales), stereotypes, superstitions, fallacies, a misunderstanding of science, or the popularization of pseudoscience. Some common misconceptions are also considered to be urban legends, and they are sometimes involved in moral panics.

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Arts and culture

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History

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Science, technology and mathematics

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See also

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References

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References can be found at the full versions of the three included sub-articles:

Sources

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  • {{#invoke:cite book||title=A history of the World Cup: 1930–2006 |first=Clemente Angelo |last=Lisi |location=Lanham |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-8108-5905-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofworldcu0000lisi |url-access=registration }}
  • {{#invoke:cite book||title=The True History of Chocolate |author1-first=Sophie |author1-last=Coe |author2-first=Michael D. |author2-link=Michael D. Coe |author2-last=Coe |author1-link=Sophie Coe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9v86CwAAQBAJ |publisher=Thames & Hudson |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-500-77093-1 |edition=3rd |location=London}}
  • {{citation |last=Kahn |first=Charles H. |author-link=Charles H. Kahn |date=2001 |title=Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans: A Brief History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GKUtAwAAQBAJ&q=Pythagoreanism&pg=PA72 |location=Indianapolis, Indiana and Cambridge, England |publisher=Hackett Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-87220-575-8}}
  • {{cite book|last1=O'Conner |first1=Patricia T |author-link=Patricia T. O'Conner |title=Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language |last2=Kellerman |first2=Stewart |author-link2=Stewart Kellerman |publisher=Random House |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-4000-6660-5 |location=New York}}
  • {{#invoke:cite journal||last=Smith |first=F. J. |date=January 1, 1979 |title=Some aspects of the tritone and the semitritone in the Speculum Musicae: the non-emergence of the diabolus in musica |journal=Journal of Musicological Research |volume=3 |issue=1–2 |pages=63–74 |doi=10.1080/01411897908574507 |issn=0141-1896}}
  • {{#invoke:cite book|| edition=1st| publisher=HarperCollins| isbn=978-0-06-019046-0| last=Solomon| first=Maynard| author-link=Maynard Solomon| title=Mozart: A Life| location=New York| year=1995| url=https://archive.org/details/mozartlife0002solo| url-access=registration| oclc=31435799}}

Further reading

  • {{#invoke:cite book||last=Diefendorf|first=David|title=Amazing... But False!: Hundreds of "Facts" You Thought Were True, But Aren't|publisher=Sterling|date=2007|isbn=978-1-4027-3791-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/amazingbutfalseh0000dief}}
  • {{#invoke:cite book||last=Green|first=Joey|title=Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed|publisher=Broadway|date=2005|isbn=978-0-7679-1992-0}}
  • {{#invoke:cite book||last=Johnsen|first=Ferris|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Misconceptions: The Ultimate Debunker's Guide to Widely Accepted Fallacies|publisher=Carol Publishing Group|date=1994|isbn=978-0-8065-1556-4|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000john}}
  • {{#invoke:cite book||last=Kruszelnicki|first=Karl|author2=Adam Yazxhi |title=Great Mythconceptions: The Science Behind the Myths|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|date=2006|isbn=978-0-7407-5364-0}}
  • {{#invoke:cite book||last=Lloyd|first=John|author2=John Mitchinson|title=The Book of General Ignorance|publisher=Harmony Books|date=2006|isbn=978-0-307-39491-0|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgeneralign00lloy}}
  • {{#invoke:cite book||last=Lloyd|first=John|author2=John Mitchinson |title=The Second Book Of General Ignorance|publisher=Faber and Faber|date=2010|isbn=978-0-571-26965-5}}
  • {{#invoke:cite journal||last=Scudellari|first=Megan|title=The science myths that will not die|date=December 17, 2015|doi=10.1038/528322a|pmid=26672537|volume=528|issue=7582|journal=Nature|pages=322–25|bibcode = 2015Natur.528..322S |doi-access=free}}
  • {{#invoke:cite book||last=Tuleja|first=Tad|title=Fabulous Fallacies: More Than 300 Popular Beliefs That Are Not True|publisher=Galahad Books|date=1999|isbn=978-1-57866-065-0}}

External links

  • [http://amasci.com/miscon/opphys.html List of children's misconceptions about science]
  • [http://amasci.com/miscon/miscon4.html Misconceptions taught by science textbooks]
  • [http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadScience.html Bad Science]

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