{{Short description|none}} __NOTOC__ {{Notice|In order to manage page size and loading time, this long article has been split into multiple articles.}} Each entry on these '''lists of common misconceptions''' is phrased as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than explicitly stated. These entries are concise summaries, and readers can consult the main subject articles for more detail.
'''Common misconceptions''' are widely accepted viewpoints or factoids that are actually false. They often arise from conventional wisdom (such as '''old wives’ tales'''), stereotypes, superstitions, logical fallacies, misunderstandings of science, or the popularization of pseudoscience and pseudohistory. Some misconceptions are also considered urban legends and may contribute to moral panics. ==Lists== '''Main lists''' * List of common misconceptions about arts and culture * List of common misconceptions about history * List of common misconceptions about science, technology, and mathematics '''Additional lists''' * List of common misconceptions about language learning * List of common misconceptions about the Middle Ages * Misconceptions about HIV/AIDS
==See also== {{Div col|colwidth=22em}} * False memory * Illusory truth effect * Legends and myths regarding the ''Titanic'' * List of cognitive biases * List of common false etymologies of English words * List of conspiracy theories * List of fallacies * List of topics characterized as pseudoscience * List of urban legends * Mondegreen * Outline of public relations * ''Pseudodoxia Epidemica'' * ''QI'' * Scientific misconceptions * Superseded theories in science * ''The Straight Dope'' {{Div col end}}
== Further reading == * {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Diefendorf|first=David|title=Amazing... But False!: Hundreds of "Facts" You Thought Were True, But Aren't|publisher=Sterling|date=2007|isbn=978-1-4027-3791-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/amazingbutfalseh0000dief}} * {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Green|first=Joey|title=Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed|publisher=Broadway|date=2005|isbn=978-0-7679-1992-0}} * {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Johnsen|first=Ferris|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Misconceptions: The Ultimate Debunker's Guide to Widely Accepted Fallacies|publisher=Carol Publishing Group|date=1994|isbn=978-0-8065-1556-4|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000john}} * {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Kruszelnicki|first=Karl|author2=Adam Yazxhi |title=Great Mythconceptions: The Science Behind the Myths|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|date=2006|edition=2008|isbn=978-0-7407-5364-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/greatmythconcept0000krus_f4y1}} * {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Lloyd|first=John|author2=John Mitchinson|title=The Book of General Ignorance|publisher=Harmony Books|date=2006|isbn=978-0-307-39491-0|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgeneralign00lloy}} * {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Lloyd|first=John|author2=John Mitchinson |title=The Second Book Of General Ignorance|publisher=Faber and Faber|date=2010|isbn=978-0-571-26965-5}} * {{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Scudellari|first=Megan|title=The science myths that will not die|date=December 17, 2015|doi=10.1038/528322a|pmid=26672537|volume=528|issue=7582|journal=Nature|pages=322–25|bibcode = 2015Natur.528..322S |doi-access=free}} * {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Tuleja|first=Tad|title=Fabulous Fallacies: More Than 300 Popular Beliefs That Are Not True|publisher=Galahad Books|date=1999|isbn=978-1-57866-065-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/fabulousfallacie0000tule}}
== External links == * [http://amasci.com/miscon/opphys.html List of children's misconceptions about science] * [http://amasci.com/miscon/miscon4.html Misconceptions taught by science textbooks] * [https://personal.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadScience.html Bad Science]
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