 Snow_Crash
Female, 18-29, Canada
 213 Posts
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Saturday, March 12, 2011 9:27:15 PM
The extent of my own education boggles me sometimes. |
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 Jammacan
Female, 13-17, Southern US
155 Posts
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Sunday, February 06, 2011 3:52:51 PM
I never knew anything until today.  |
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 MrHouse
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
11 Posts
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Saturday, February 05, 2011 6:48:16 PM
"Evolution does not claim humans evolved from monkeys...This common ancestor diverged into separate lineages" oddly enough, my priest taught me that |
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 LightShaded
Male, 18-29, Canada
420 Posts
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Saturday, February 05, 2011 1:42:38 AM
258 references... <3 |
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evski1975
Male, 30-39, Australia
59 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 11:55:06 PM
This would be good if it weren't for the fact that several are incorrect. Take gyroscopic stability, for example. Even the references state it is an important factor in balancing a bicycle. Whether it is "required" would depend on a variety of factors, such as the weight and skill of the rider. i.e. Yes, a skilled rider can perform a "track stand", but gyroscopic forces sure make riding a flop-load easier! |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 7:22:33 PM
ewwww |
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 K3vin
Male, 18-29, Canada
487 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 4:59:30 PM
my entire world has been rocked... I effectively know nothing today. drat you jimmy whales. |
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Angilion
Male, 40-49, Europe
9539 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 4:28:46 PM
Wikipedia is frequently as reliable, or slightly less reliable than the Brittanica.
Which is another misconception.
You're (maybe unknowingly) quoting a false conclusion from a deeply flawed study.
Firstly, even the content-free media release showed a significant difference.
Secondly, the study counted errors in spelling as being equal to errors in content.
Thirdly, the study repeatedly counted spelling errors in Britannica when in fact Britannica had the correct spelling and the people doing the study had an incorrect spelling or an accepted alternative spelling.
Fourthly, the study counted unchecked and unsubstantiate opinions as fact, i.e. if they thought Britannica was wrong they counted it as being wrong. Even if it wasn't. |
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 tincel1372
Female, 18-29, Canada
423 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 4:24:26 PM
Of course the mythbusters had to be mentionned as having busted one of those common misconceptions :) |
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 gametank
Male, 70 & Over, Australia
12 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 3:27:16 PM
Consider this:
0.999° x 10 = 9.999°
9.999° - 0.999° = 9
Leaving 9/10 of 9.999°
9 / 9 = 1
Taking it back to 1/10 that was 0.999° at the start
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creatorofall
Male, 18-29, Canada
20 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 11:31:31 AM
For the .9~ thing, its kind of ridiculous because if something infinitely approaches 1 then it will always be less than 1. Theoretically it isn't 1 then so I would agree with the people that wrote that it isn't 1 on the test. However, because things are finite, seeing as mathematics has to do with reality, any number that is infinitely close to approaching a number is impossible since there isn't even such thing as something infinitely divided so it would have to realistically be the number it is approaching. |
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 Jackson13W
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
153 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 10:28:51 AM
this while 0.(9) discussion reminds me of the the Dichotomy Paradox (second one down) |
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 MrHyde
Male, 18-29, Canada
483 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 8:44:24 AM
Also, that's why 10/3 is .3333333333333333333~ |
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MrHyde
Male, 18-29, Canada
483 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 8:43:41 AM
@Gerry
In Calculus and Physics, we use the limit part of a function and the significant digits for this reason.
In actual practice, there is that no equipment will measure to infinite precision, so significant digits and the limit function are the best we can do.
There are two ways of looking at the .9999~ thing:
1.
1/9 = .111111111111111111111~
8/9 = .888888888888888888888~
1/9+8/9 = 9/9 = 1
When you consider it, it makes sense.
.9999999999999 does NOT equal one.
However, .9999999999999~ is just another way of writing 1.
Again, in practice, you will never ever have to worry about whether or not .99999999999~ is equal to 1. But it technically is. |
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 meepmaker
Male, 30-39, Southern US
6716 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 7:48:31 AM
Common Misconception. Im a push over.
Common Misconception. I wont kick your a$$.
Common Misconception. Im not cool. |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25602 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 7:43:20 AM
about .999etc = 1
Oh, well if you are gonna round up to the nearest whole number then DUH, of course!
Nobody said anything about rounding up.
Stupid mathmaticians. I'm gonna go kick some math geek ass now. |
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 jtrebowski
Male, 40-49, Southern US
3057 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 7:42:57 AM
@cluffy: Look at the bright side. At least you learned the Earth isn't flat. |
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 Lorah
Female, 18-29, Canada
1767 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 7:39:14 AM
I remember being taught about the toung has differnt sides for differnt tastes. I remember when I was little thinking it didn't make any sence. Its crazy what I learned from school turned out to be wrong. makes you think what else you learn was wrong |
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 flexus
Male, 30-39, Europe
50 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 6:18:11 AM
was it me or has most of that stuff been on QI |
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nilam
Female, 18-29, Western US
12 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 3:48:45 AM
Think about this !!! |
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 Selfluminous
Male, 18-29, Asia
86 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 3:11:09 AM
should we be happy or sad that there's only 1 misconception in mathematics lol |
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 Hansbo
Male, 18-29, Europe
903 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 1:16:52 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.999...
Proven in many different ways. They are not just "almost exactly the same", they are the same. Just two different ways of writing the same number. |
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cluffy
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
42 Posts
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Friday, February 04, 2011 12:00:53 AM
I'm pretty stoned at 3 am and I only made it to the Obama not being Muslim one before I realised it was bullpoo. |
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 CoyoteKing
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2993 Posts
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Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:33:02 PM
tl;dr
i'll have to come back to this when its not 1:30am |
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 SvampeBob
Male, 18-29, Europe
3088 Posts
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Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:17:54 PM
@SpookyDoom76 why?
TLDR |
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