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What would be some fact that, while true, could be told in a context or way that is misinfomating or make the other person draw incorrect conclusions?

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[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Centrifugal force does not exist

[–] bobthened@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It does, it’s just called a different thing. Centripetal force is exactly the same thing as what most people assume centrifugal force means.

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[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

This is minor one, but annoys me how comnmon this is: light is made out of litle packets of energy called photons.

Here is a good video on the topic: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SDtAh9IwG-I (Too lazy didn't watch: Light is an electromagnetc wave and is is not quantized. Only the interactions between atoms and light are quantized)

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[–] Yazer@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those who took the covid vaccine have a mortality death rate of 9.172/1000 in the USA.

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If you have a complicated health issue or emergency, the legislative branch of government dictates your potential treatment.

(Most reputable practitioners will temper their recommendations based upon the professional risk involved.)

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[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

In places where more storks live, you also have more babies.

After the Corona lockdowns there was an increase in infections with the common cold. Researches tried to explain how this is connected to the immune system and a lot of people now assume you have to "train" your immune system with exposure to pathogens. Or that your immune system falls out of training (like a muscle) if you stop exposing it to pathogens regularly. A potentially dangerous misunderstanding.

People often draw false conclusions from reduced information about a fact. For example: Babies who are kept in one position for hours each day over weeks or months show developmental delay. For some reason this information got shortened so much that a lot of people (in Germany at least) now assume baby seats are hurting babies backs.

[–] metic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Several (attempted) murderers have owned copies of The Catcher in the Rye.

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[–] substill@vlemmy.net 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There is a greater than 5% chance that your death will be someone’s fault.

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[–] Lubricate7931@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

human and chimp DNA is 98.8 percent the same

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know the exact number, but, come on! Look at those guys! They are basically hairy humans with a slightly less complex system of communication.

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[–] Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Every year, traffic congestion wastes billions of gallons of gas.

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