Common Misconceptions About the Human Body

As it turns out, some widely-held ideas about the human body are flat-out wrong. In fact, many scientific discoveries in the 19th century made their way into 20th-century textbooks, but have since been disproven. In this episode of School Myths by The Atlantic, we explore some of the new discoveries that challenge conventional wisdom about the human body, including an erroneous map of the tongue and the myth of the five senses.
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  • @TheAtlantic
    @TheAtlantic4 жыл бұрын

    Another school myth? Gym classes. They actually don't reduce obesity rates. Watch here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pmmHxsWOgqrVnJs.html

  • @NuttyRedBaBonkerz

    @NuttyRedBaBonkerz

    2 жыл бұрын

    1:45 That scientist was called Kikunae Ikeda, who proposed "umami" in 1908. If you're going to go out of your way to tell us the name of the guy who *illustrated* the tongue map, you should also tell us the name of this *scientist* . Simply referring to Ikeda as "a Japanese scientist" is arguably whitewashing, and contributing to the erasure of people of colour in science.

  • @saphibouny
    @saphibouny6 жыл бұрын

    In my school, my science teacher never uses the books because they were outdated

  • @josephcerniglia8971
    @josephcerniglia89716 жыл бұрын

    It's not the size of the olfactory bulbs it the amount of receptors in the nose that give dogs superior smell

  • @dimaassorov
    @dimaassorov6 жыл бұрын

    Why is the sense of balance not a variation of proprioception?

  • @natureaker5538
    @natureaker55386 жыл бұрын

    We were taught in my school that girls can't voice crack.

  • @Whatever-xu3np

    @Whatever-xu3np

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah....?

  • @wahhat

    @wahhat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wtf is ur profile pic XD

  • @MB-tb6jy
    @MB-tb6jy4 жыл бұрын

    I remember in my early childhood that is as often told that females don't have what we call the "Adam's apple". I have no clue where this misconception stem from considering that it it can even be visible in females.

  • @zeynepaydin1422
    @zeynepaydin14223 жыл бұрын

    Thank you this helped me a lot preparing a lesson plan for my uni course.

  • @pattydiep
    @pattydiep6 жыл бұрын

    "Microbiologist now know that taste buds are..." I'm pretty sure there are other specialists that "now know" this fact who are more relevant, like physicians and physiologists. Come one Atlantic, get your science proper.

  • @dr.kraemer
    @dr.kraemer6 жыл бұрын

    'Broca' is pronounced with a long 'o' sound.

  • @coows

    @coows

    5 жыл бұрын

    Brooka

  • @sourlilacs
    @sourlilacs4 жыл бұрын

    1:10 Well that's an interesting name

  • @spencermargolis3892
    @spencermargolis38926 жыл бұрын

    There’s also a sense of knowing. Such as knowing something is there just because you feel like it. Like from the story “the thing in the cellar.”

  • @zvch88
    @zvch88Ай бұрын

    It’s surprising that facts like this aren’t being fixed in the school system for our upbringing right?!?! Unless they knew the things we were learning weren’t truly the extent of the laws of this world and our body, therefore preventing us from ever learning about the proper knowledge to utilize our body and mind to the best of its ability. Interesting…

  • @notallopinionswerecreatede4465
    @notallopinionswerecreatede44655 жыл бұрын

    1:09 Now that's a really fun name ain't it? ;)

  • @soyn4140
    @soyn41403 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @mrstocks
    @mrstocks6 жыл бұрын

    I know that voice, i couldn't fine where i know it from, i checked up on her CV and nothing jumps in mind... argg!

  • @mhenn9896

    @mhenn9896

    5 жыл бұрын

    The main chick in Adam Ruins Everything; Emily Axford.

  • @coows

    @coows

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@mhenn9896 wat is la chick mean?

  • @mhenn9896

    @mhenn9896

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@coows "chick" informal/slang term for women or girl.

  • @coows

    @coows

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@mhenn9896 ok.

  • @thrashedd

    @thrashedd

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@coows Damn, no offense but, have you been living under a rock to not know what 'chick' is? I'm guessing you don't watch tv.

  • @taylorwhite3636
    @taylorwhite36366 жыл бұрын

    ?S DPPHML -- that's what you have written in the video for 'DE ANIMA'. LOL. ???????? Those letters are completely wrong.

  • @leorodriguez9686
    @leorodriguez96865 жыл бұрын

    Running up the score on Aristotle at this point, no?

  • @lucia_kidtech
    @lucia_kidtech4 жыл бұрын

    On the smell thing some people can smell cyanide, I have sensory issues and can smell a sharpie opened 20 minutes ago in the other room. But I can't smell most spicy foods.

  • @c_004
    @c_0046 жыл бұрын

    Greek letters were misused. 🤦‍♂️

  • @PHlophe

    @PHlophe

    6 жыл бұрын

    okay Chulito , Mr know it all. you detect a mistake and 99 per cent of the clip is shit ? hild, like you could do research of your own.

  • @waiphyooo6531
    @waiphyooo65313 жыл бұрын

    If you stretch all the blood vessels of all the living things live on earth, you can wrap around the entire solar system 99 times.

  • @karthik4711
    @karthik47116 жыл бұрын

    Cool!

  • @PHlophe

    @PHlophe

    6 жыл бұрын

    Karthink, how is Vivek doing these days

  • @genroynoisis6980
    @genroynoisis69806 жыл бұрын

    How about that myth that blood is blue/yellow/lgbtq flag until exposed to air?

  • @touseef50
    @touseef502 жыл бұрын

    Touseef

  • @SUNNySINGh-if6jd
    @SUNNySINGh-if6jd4 жыл бұрын

    My entire life was a lie.

  • @ryancruz1876

    @ryancruz1876

    3 жыл бұрын

    No it isn’t. You just haven’t been paying attention in science classes.

  • @deantreadway3839
    @deantreadway38393 жыл бұрын

    I Ellet manever

  • @shaskins15
    @shaskins156 жыл бұрын

    Mmmm..... Umami 😛🧀🍕🍔🍅❤️👅

  • @weed1726
    @weed17265 жыл бұрын

    This is why i hate school

  • @ryancruz1876

    @ryancruz1876

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because you weren’t paying attention in school?

  • @weed1726

    @weed1726

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ryancruz1876 dude fuck school

  • @nells6495
    @nells64955 жыл бұрын

    Pure crap