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[–] LyingCake@feddit.de 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

While the idea is great, this web page is pretty low effort. Check the facts for 1950 - they are the same as for the 90's.

[–] GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's also weak on the sources. Like, a Vox article, really?

[–] i_ben_fine@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Vox is kind of like Wikipedia in the sense that you need to follow-up on their sources.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website 12 points 1 year ago

How to build an entire website after reading an article titled "Top 15 things taught wrong in schools"

[–] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, you pick the 1940's and gives the human genome one. I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure they weren't teaching that in high school considering wasn't even a word until 1920

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only if you went to school in the USA.

[–] marv99@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Several of the items hit the nail for me (German), too.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

May depend on the decade. Form mine it was little but pop science stuff.

[–] NightLily@lemmy.basedcount.com 14 points 1 year ago

Good lord that's a short list I would have thought there would be way more stuff on it...

[–] marv99@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It is never too* late to learn and correct what we hold for true. I like the idea behind this website. Thanks for sharing.

*EDIT: learned & corrected to to too.

Looks like the difference between to, too, and two is something we need to add to the list for whenever you went to high school!

[–] TeamDman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

food pyramid was created in 1992??? Am I having a mendela effect because I remember it way earlier than that?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess I was well-read as a teenager, because my era was the 1990s and I didn't buy into any of those myths.

[–] oddspinnaker@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m similar apparently, or at least liked learning. 2000s.

I was pretty unimpressed with the list, I never believed some of them (like the genome) and learned most of them were wrong by high school.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I kind of feel like I wasn't even all that well-informed to be honest. I wasn't some super-genius teen. I just didn't buy any of that shit, especially about Columbus.

[–] LetKCater2U@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)