BUT the answers are not ALL necessarily wrong. That is my deliberate attempt at being obtuse to make a point. Technically there are better answers that are not required for day-to-day interaction, depending on how exact the answer needs to be or exactly how the question was framed. Sometimes the definition of a word which was chosen in the question is not definitively accepted or a casual definition is incorrrect but more widely accepted. We can get around this by utilization of the the correct context and subjective/absolute qualification. We also need to pay attention to the correct phrasing (in terms of the way the question is posed.)
But beyond these is where it gets interesting. These are those cases where our institutions or conventional wisdom simply has it dead wrong, and its those issues which are usually explored in their own posts or will be explored at a future date in my upcomming podcast:
Everything we know is wrong
Some samples of the different kinds of "wrong". From semantics to improper qualification of context. From hyberbole to simply having it dead wrong.
1) Does the earth revolve around the sun?
No, in fact the earth and sun both revolve around a common epicentre, which jiggles around as all the planets revolve around a common aggregate epicentre, dominated by the suns overwhelming mass.
https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/08/technically_the_earth_does_not_orbit_the_sun.html
2) The earth only has one moon.
Not true, few people know that the earth actually has a tiny second moon called Cruithne discovered in 1986
https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-might-actually-have-a-second-moon
The Panel of QI react with understandable disbelief at the prospect of earths second moon.
3) Civilization started after the last Ice Age.
We now know that after the last Ice Age civilisation was more likely to have rebooted than started. There are many different theories and speculations but the truth is we really don't know the specifics for sure.
One of the more interesting takes emerging from new scientific finds casting doubt on the precise origins of humanity. An informal and interesting chat.
Further reading on the re-think of the origins of our civilization:
1) Does the earth revolve around the sun?
No, in fact the earth and sun both revolve around a common epicentre, which jiggles around as all the planets revolve around a common aggregate epicentre, dominated by the suns overwhelming mass.
https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/08/technically_the_earth_does_not_orbit_the_sun.html
2) The earth only has one moon.
Not true, few people know that the earth actually has a tiny second moon called Cruithne discovered in 1986
https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-might-actually-have-a-second-moon
3) Civilization started after the last Ice Age.
We now know that after the last Ice Age civilisation was more likely to have rebooted than started. There are many different theories and speculations but the truth is we really don't know the specifics for sure.
Further reading on the re-think of the origins of our civilization:
4) Dark matter is real?
This is actually not established yet, and there is much much more chance it does not exist compared to it existing.
http://dwahts.blogspot.com/2018/04/dark-matter-does-not-exist.html?m=1
Black holes are the most violent forces in the known universe.
There is something lurking in the night sky that is pulling the entire regional universe towards it. And we don't know what it is.
5) Do hypothetical "Black Holes" actually even exist at all?
This is actually not established yet, and there is much much more chance it does not exist compared to it existing.
http://dwahts.blogspot.com/2018/04/dark-matter-does-not-exist.html?m=1
Black holes are the most violent forces in the known universe.
There is something lurking in the night sky that is pulling the entire regional universe towards it. And we don't know what it is.
5) Do hypothetical "Black Holes" actually even exist at all?
This question is a Pandora's Box on the subject of cosmology. All I can say is that if you are ready for a rabbit-hole event, read this post:
6) There is no absolute frame of reference.
This is a surprise, yes and no, loosely related to the above its for the more technically minded.
This is a surprise, yes and no, loosely related to the above its for the more technically minded.
What is mass?
What is energy?
What is Gravity?
How did the solar system form?
Is the Sun a thermonuclear fusion phenomenon?
Are there more than 3 dimensions?
Find out why your answers
reading from my blog where I report the most important cases of flawed understanding to you!
It's these cases where we are most likely to find institutionalised fraud, special interest groups or agendas being seviced which parade as unbiased clinical studies. In the medical feild the problems are self evident. For Astrophysics its the establishment preserving the status quo. With climate change its a matter of an entire feild of study being co-opted by globalist special interests of unimaginable wealth and resources. For commercial industry and publically funded matters it's all about greed, corruption and systemic nepotism that is subverted by stakeholders or powerful lobby groups.
This type of incentive gets very problematic for something that has become undervalued in the age of misinformation: TRUTH!