Post #229858
2026-02-03 08:25 UTC
Replies (14)
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@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world 2026-02-03 08:26
now unfortunately, as you’ll quickly notice when you follow that link, the list has been split in thrain on account of its length, and unlike last year (https://wikis.world/@LucasWerkmeister/113945873067149318) it seemingly no longer fits into one page even with the references removed. so I guess it’s up to you whether you look through all of the individual lists, or some of them, or just through the brief overview page and call it a day
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@sarpau@mastodon.social 2026-02-03 10:48
@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world xkcd rules 👍
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@gimulnautti@mastodon.green 2026-02-03 11:17
@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world Great subpage!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions_about_history
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@vikingkong@misskey.vikingkong.xyz 2026-02-03 12:40
@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world Looks like some sort of cargo cult.
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@angelastella@social.treehouse.systems 2026-02-03 12:49
@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world We programmers could spend the days until the equinox educating ourselves about our own misconceptions or rather plain falsehoods: https://github.com/kdeldycke/awesome-falsehood These have teeth. cc @mina@berlin.social
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@iron_bug@friendica.ironbug.org 2026-02-03 13:16
@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world I didn't know any of the mentioned "misconceptions". it was the first time I had read that weird assumprions.
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@fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk 2026-02-03 14:18
@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world i have said it before and i'll say it again: some of these are pretty silly. this may be more a reflection on the target readers than the writers — but does anyone *actually* believe there is a scientific basis for astronomy, for example? (some others of these, on the other hand, are not silly at all.)
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@stylus@social.afront.org 2026-02-03 16:10
@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world but in that universe we have the Misconception Paradox, which is that anything listed in the article will become an uncommon misconception by February 8, and new common misconceptions will need to be found. It's ultimately self-defeating.
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@ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social 2026-02-03 17:23
@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world I looked throught the first list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions_about_arts_and_culture ) to see which ones I didn't know about. Here's one common misconception that I learned is wrong. Hemingway did not write the famous 6 word story, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." So, thanks, learned something new! Going to keep reading, hoping to learn some more ...
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@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social 2026-02-03 20:02
@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world @sandyarmstrong@hachyderm.io The problem is that some of their "corrections" are in fact misconceptions themselves. Welcome to what happens when your next-door-neighbour Joe Blow can edit/admin a page and not check it's correct. I always say Wikipedia is "like an encyclopedia" in the same way that Madonna is like a virgin. Go to reputable sources in the first place (like Maths textbooks for Maths) https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/115207044364101854
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@Raccoon@techhub.social 2026-02-03 20:45
@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world @mcjevans@hachyderm.io
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@emlove@kolektiva.social 2026-02-04 05:21
@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world Oh dog, now it's a list of lists 😮
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@ireneista@adhd.irenes.space 2026-02-04 06:43
@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world we did actually read a bunch of it yesterday. it was a good read.
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@SordidAmok@mastodon.social 2026-02-06 03:26
@LucasWerkmeister@wikis.world If you've already done List of Common Misconceptions, List of Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions is kind of fun.