Monday, June 16, 2014

10 Scientific Ideas That Scientists Wish You Would Stop Misusing

10 Scientific Ideas That Scientists Wish You Would Stop Misusing "Many ideas have left the world of science and made their way into everyday language — and unfortunately, they are almost always used incorrectly. We asked a group of scientists to tell us which scientific terms they believe are the most widely misunderstood. Here are ten of them."

Nice definitions of proof, theory, quantum uncertainty, natural, organic, statistically significant and others follow.

1 comment:

Richard said...

If people keep only using 10% of their brains then you are going to have these misunderstandings.

I am sure it is a left brain, right brain thing.

(two that bother me)