The institute was already hard enough with so many games and nonsense that we were not allowed to finish their homework. But what is that bothers you to "unlearn" many of the things they told us that it is primary and which are lies.
5: Columbus discovered the earth was round
The story they told us:
In 1492 a Spanish named Christopher Columbus brought the necessary support from the monarchy and the clergy to take a trip to East Asia. Everyone assumed that it would not succeed because they believed that the earth was a flat disc and if Columbus sailed westward, eventually falling over the edge of the end of the world, landing on top of the giant turtle that supported the globe disk.
Columbus, as we were told, failed to reach its destination, but not because the world was flat, but it came across the American continent.
The truth:
In the fifteenth century, the flat earth theory had much credibility as today is the theory of "Cubic Time," or maybe less. The shape of the land is determined at the time in which the philosopher Pythagoras proposed the theory of orbits, some 2000 years before the existence of Spain.
In fact, navigation techniques used by Columbus were based on the fact that the earth is a sphere. Trying to make the trip assuming that the earth is flat would have annoyed the travel more than what is already annoying.
The Spanish government refused to pay the trip to Columbus had nothing to do with misconceptions about how the world. Ironically, it was discovered by Columbus that the earth was older than previously thought. The distance would not let him go thinking about Asia. Anyway, got enough money for the trip, and from énoncé both in America and in Spain is celebrated on the discovery of America.
But where is the myth? All part of a historian named Washington Irving, who wrote a novel about Columbus in 1838. The novel was fiction, but somehow came to the texts of books, probably because some editor decided to give it some vidilla to history. Who wants to read boring history books?
4: Einstein suspended in mathematics
The story they told us:
Teachers who like to motivate her students love this story, a small German boy who was just like you!. Despite his efforts he was unable to take exams mates, and wrestled with despair while working as a physicist at the patent office.
The boy grew into an effort by Albert Einstein in the fucking! And if he could, you too!
The truth:
Well ... no, you can not. Apparently Einstein was a mathematical prodigy, and before the age of 12 years, and was better in arithmetic calculation and what you are now. Einstein was so fucking smart that he believed the school was holding him and his parents bought him books to study advanced calculus. Not only passed their exams with flying colors, it is possible that at the end of the quarter knew more than his teacher.
The idea that Einstein was bad at math part of a question in a game of Trivial magazine's "Believe It or Not!" By Robert Ripley.
This is one of many reasons not to include Robert Ripley among the references of your dissertation. The famous "expert" never cited trivial sources, and several of the facts presented is the scab of the sleeve.
When his wife told this myth Einstein himself, broke out laughing and probably met a dozen mysteries of the cosmos before dinner.
Of course, this only confirms what we always suspected, deep down: success really is decided at birth, and your life will never be better than it is now. Sorry.
3: Newton and the apple
The story they told us:
You've probably heard of Isaac Newton. It's like the Jesus of physics. In the late seventeenth century, Newton practically invented the science. Among their findings include the laws of motion, the visible spectrum, the speed of sound, the laws of cooling and calculation. Yes, the entire calculation. One wonders if anyone really used the head before Newton.
Probably his most famous discovery is the law of gravity. The story is that Newton, a modest mathematician and professor of physics, was sitting in the shade of an apple tree on a sunny day, when a branch fell Manzac and hit her head.
When most people only have thought "Oh! Motherfucker! "And would have remained alert for 10 minutes, Newton's first attempt was to formulate a set of universal laws that govern the motions of gravitating bodies, a theory that remained unchanged for 200 years.
The truth:
Newton never mentioned the story of the apple, in fact, were another person, one who told John Conduitt 60 years later. Even then, the explanations are very vague about whether it was an apple or the apple really was a metaphor used to illustrate the idea of gravity for the less privileged minds (ie everyone)
"While I was hanging out in a garden, the idea came to him the thought that the strength of the gracedad (which makes an apple fall to the ground from the tree) was not limited to a certain distance from the earth but extended beyond. "
You may have noticed that no mention that Apple hit a Newtom, this fact was added later to give an animated cartoon element to the life of genius.
We like to think complex discoveries happen this way, with a light bulb suddenly lights overhead. This makes us think that might have happened to us too one day, the next big idea occur to us while we are walking in the park. In reality, Newton spent most of his life goes and refine their theories.
When we have children, let's tell the truth, man!. Newton spent his life buried under piles of paper covered with small figures and formulas. Only years of tedious and lonely work, before having several seizures and finally died years later, mad mercury poisoning. Welcome to the real world, Tommy.
2: Whasington and cherry. (Not known in Europe.)
[Machine translation, when you have a while I review]
The story:
It is a parable that resonates through every primary school student's account of the life and times of the man who is both the first president of America, and the only president who has also been a superhero.
As a child, we were told, George Washington came into possession of an ax, and went about his days to cut the shit out of everything he saw. One day his father came to Cherry Award, and without so much as a second thought he chopped sucker down, presumably because he was a monarchist. When asked by his father about the event, Washington proudly admitted that he had been the culprit, due to their inability to lie. The story is somewhat later adapted to film with Jim Carrey in the title role.
The truth:
In a cynical culture, George Washington has not yet been elevated to a kind of deity, thanks in part to a man named Mason Locke Weems. He was the author of the biography entitled, unfortunately, "The Life of George Washington, with Curious Anecdotes creditable to himself and his Countrymen Exemplary". This was the title of his young editors could persuade to agree with him.
Weems recalled many fantastic stories about Washington, with emphasis on overwhelming moral fortitude and infallibility. The cherry tree story is of particular importance as it shows that Washington can easily destroy things, and just choose not to.
According to Weems, "in view of it, even the blessed spirits seem [ed] to feel Raptures again." So when the angels learned of the existence of George Washington, began to think of a second loyalty to their leader, much less powerful, God. Curiously, Weems waited until Washington was dead before the publication of his anecdotes.
It happens, in fact, if Washington was incapable of lying, then Mason Weems was surely his exact nemesis, seeing that his account of Washington about as historically accurate as exploits 1999 Civil War documentary Wild Wild West.
However, Weems' pack of lies taught as fact in the textbooks of America for over a century, probably because they are much more fascinating than the true story of a man who, by most reliable accounts, was actually a bland, boring and uncharismatic What else happened to be taller than average, and pretty good at war. The story still resonates today, children returned to their impressionable minds through reliable media such as Sesame Street.
Why this fucking story survive? Perhaps because the central message still resonates: "It's much easier to tell the truth when you are holding an ax."
1: Benjamin Franklin, the kite and the storm
The story:
Another great American hero has superpowers nearly mutants is Ben Franklin, a scientist and statesman whose inventions include bifocals, the urinary catheter and freedom. He was particularly interested in electricity, and met with colleagues skeptics who doubted that the rays were an electrical phenomenon, which led him to experiment to prove them wrong.
Franklin came out in a storm and let a kite with a lightning rod on top and a metal key at the end. When the kite touched her nose at God, he threw a lightning bolt and the load went through the key, went down the rope and came to the key. When Franklin touched the key, a spark of static electricity, which allowed electricity recoating.
The truth:
It is true that Franklin proposed the kite experiment. But no longer seems so certain that what took place, and many sources suggest a package that did not. What is certain is that the experiment had nothing to do with lightning. If someone held a kite in a thunderstorm and was struck by lightning, it is quite likely that the person was seriously damaged.
A lot of people who believe in this story grew up with Disney drawings sonbre history, in which the chapter "Ben and Me" was mentioned in the history of the comet. No shortage of testimonies of people based on an animated mouse, have tried to repeat the experiment. The reality of Franklin's experiment is based on making the kite fly in the clouds, this harmless ions and collects evidence that the atmosphere is charged with electricity. It is thought that Franklin's discoveries led him to conclude later that lightning were probably related to electricity.
The story of the kite in a storm is an exaggeration that is still present in U.S. textbooks which suggests that American children are not dangerous storms and also science is fun. Also, igial Newton with his apple, portrays a scientist doing experiments for children, as if everyone who lived before the twentieth century had the mentality of a child.
Author: Peter Davies S
Originates Text: cracked.com
Illustrations: Netroid.com
