List of Misconceptions

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:26 am

Wikipedia

My whole life I've been told that glass is a high-viscosity liquid.

Thanks, xkcd.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:07 pm

My whole life I've been told that glass is a high-viscosity liquid.

Really?

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:54 pm

Yeah... I cannot count the number of times I've been told that. I also live in North Carolina, so we had tons of those old-timey windows that were thicker on the bottom, "distorted from time," etc, etc.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:36 pm

Yeah, but it ain't because glass flows. You ever ask these dudes for a measure of glass's viscosity? I'd love to see that experiment.

Post by **TPRJones** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:37 pm

I'd been told that growing up, too, but I learned awhile back that it was untrue.

Still and interesting page to read, tough.

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:40 am

Malcolm wrote:Yeah, but it ain't because glass flows. You ever ask these dudes for a measure of glass's viscosity? I'd love to see that experiment.

Right, I know this. I'm just saying, it's amazing to me how many times I was told this.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:29 am

I'd actually never heard that before.

Maybe public schools in the south fill science class with creationist theory instead of science?