Here are ten things I learned in school that are incorrect today

Things Taught in High School

  • Dinosaurs Are Cold-Blooded and do not have feathers
  • Plate Tectonics are Pseudoscience 1965 Brockton Mass
  • Pluto is a planet
  • Lightning is a local static electric phenomenon and does not affect the Van Belt, nor produce positrons, gamma, xrays etc.
  • chloroplasts nor mitochondria were never once free-living bacteria (endosymbiotic)
  • Diamond is the hardest element
  • Venus had a temperature similar to Earth and may have oceans of petroleum
  • Margarine is better for you than butter
  • In a forest, the trees are not connected via fungus nor electricity nor capable of signaling an attack etc.
  • Earth's magnetic field is like an iron bar magnet
  • Can you add to this list or mention things that should have been taught? After all, If we want Science to further improve, shouldn't our future scientists (our school kids) be better informed?

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