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Trollheart 06-20-2015 11:38 AM

Things that never happened
 
Like Bogey never said "Play it again Sam", Kirk never once said "Beam me up Scotty", the phrase "Big Brother is watching you" was never spoken in Nineteen Eighty-Four and yet these things have come to be associated with, and identified with, these movies and there are no doubt people who would say they heard them or knew they were spoken. Any other examples of what I guess you''d call factual fallacies maybe? Doesn't have to be from film or TV.

I did notice, to my surprise, recently, that in the book "Alice in Wonderland" the character is never once referred to as the Mad Hatter, only the Hatter. That was news to me.

Key 06-20-2015 11:44 AM

Trollheart stopped making threads. :p

Frownland 06-20-2015 11:45 AM

No astronaut has ever seen the Great Wall of China from space with the naked eye.

Homeopathy never worked.

Captain Beefheart never threw John Drumbo French down a flight of stairs.

Vitamin C never cured anyone's cold.

Freebase Dali 06-20-2015 12:13 PM

Berenstein Bears.

Key 06-20-2015 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1604063)

Vitamin C never cured anyone's cold.

Don't know where you're getting your information from but I can tell you from experience, having some Vitamin C in my diet when i'm sick definitely helped me get better.

Frownland 06-20-2015 12:42 PM

The Vitamin C Myth : NPR

It basically boils down to the placebo effect. There are people who swear by acupuncture, chiropracty, magic super foods, and a lot of other things as well, regardless of the fact that there's little scientific evidence to support them.

Chula Vista 06-20-2015 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1604073)

Drink a glass of OJ every morning and you will avoid colds better than the person next to you who doesn't.

Only an idiot would argue against this.

simplephysics 06-20-2015 12:53 PM

Vitamin C is obviously good to have in your diet but directly curing a cold? Nah man, nah.

Frownland 06-20-2015 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1604075)
Drink a glass of OJ every morning and you will avoid colds better than the person next to you who doesn't.

Only an idiot would argue against this.

There is more than Vitamin C in a glass of orange juice. Drinking healthy things like orange juice for nutrients and hydration makes you a healthier person. There's still the fact that if you live off of healthy foods that don't have vitamin c, you're no less likely to avoid or get a cold. Only an idiot would argue against this without being able to back it up with evidence that's better than hearsay and anecdotal evidence.

Freebase Dali 06-20-2015 01:11 PM

Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold - The Cochrane Library - Hemil[] - Wiley Online Library


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