common misconceptions - xkcd + wikipedia
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An Ignite presentation on some common misconceptions many of us share!TRANSCRIPT
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
XKCD + Wikipedia = global dumb reduction
XKCD
Source of significant enlightened
thought.
Funnier than Charlie Sheen and his
Machete.
Often contains deeper content: see
“alt text”
But then, one day, they took it even
further…
THE COMIC IN
QUESTION
XKCD
Wikipedia
=
Pure Genius!
STREAM-U-REKA!
One point of this whole Streamy thing is to come home
sounding all smarty-britches to your friends. Oh Joy!
SO!
1. Teach common misconceptions to streamers.
2. Improve everyone’s ability to use “Actually, “ as the
beginning of a sentence.
3. ???
4. Fun and Profit!!!
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT V IKINGS WORE HORNS ON THEIR
HELMETS
#1
EARTH HAS BEEN ROUND FOR A LONG TIME, AND THE NERDS KNEW
IT
#2
NAPOLEON = 5 FOOT 6.5 INCHES
#3
BLACK HOLES DON’T SUCK (WELL, ANY HARDER THAN STARS
DO)
#4
=
LEMMINGS AREN’T JUMPERS
#5
IT ’S OK TO PUT CHICKS BACK
#6
GLASS IS NOT A LIQUID
#7
WE HAVE WAY MORE THAN 5 SENSES
#8
EquilibrioceptionNociceptionproprioceptionThermoceptionsense of timeHungerThirstblood CO2 levelsAnd many more!
THOMAS EDISON DID NOT INVENT THE L IGHT BULB
#9
PENNIES CANNOT KILL
#10
.999… = 1. NO, REALLY.
#11
DROWNERS DON’T SCREAM
#12
WE USE WAY OVER 10%
#13
COOKING DOESN’T ELIMINATE ALCOHOL
#14
=
ALCOHOL DOES NOT KILL BRAIN CELLS
#15
IN CONCLUSION
1. we’ve filled our over-10% utilized brains with some more good
stuff.
2. Pennies, horny vikings, plumetting lemmings, black holes, and
monsters at the end of the world aren’t going to kill us.
3. Sounds like a cause for celebration, and since the liquor won’t
damage our brains, and cooking can’t save us, and we’ve got
an excess of sense, so,
LETS DRINK!