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21世纪我们应该摒弃的“神话” [复制链接]

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5 Myths of the 21st Century We Should Get Rid Of

1. Humans Only Use 10% of Their Brains

人类只用了大脑的10%
Beliefs tend to persist based on how interesting rather than how correct they are. No one knows who started it, but it probably originates from the fact that parts of the brain can be removed without causing any significant harm. However, different areas of the brain are specialized. You use one to discern faces, another to keep you upright and so on. There is actually no way to use the entire brain for a single task.

信念往往是基于它的趣味性而非正确性。没人知道是从谁开始的，但可能是基于大脑的一部分不参与也不会有太大影响这一事实吧。但是大脑的不同区域都有特定的功能。一部分用来识别脸，另一部分用来支配身体的直立行走等等。单个任务不会用上整个大脑。

2. Thomas Edison Invented the Light Bulb

爱迪生发明了电灯
We are used to thinking about Edison as a lone creator who made 10,000 attempts before succeeding in creating a light bulb. In reality, he had a 14-man team behind him who created several hundred patents, one of which was the light bulb. Edison’s name was more of a trademark than the name of the inventor.

我们过去都认为爱迪生是独自尝试了1000次发明了电灯。实际上在他身后有一个创造了几百项发明专利的14人团队，其中一个人就发明了电灯。爱迪生的名字是一个商标而不仅仅是一个发明家。

3.Hair Grows Quicker in Zero Gravity

头发在零重力的时候长得更快
It is hard to say anything meaningful about this weird idea – it is just not true. Gravity doesn’t play any role in hair growth, so it continues to grow with the same speed in space.

关于这点很难说---只是不是真的。重力在头发的生长过程中没有起着很重要的作用，所以不管在哪里头发的生长速度是一样的。

4.You Can Kill a Virus

你可以杀死病毒
No you can’t, for the simple reason that virus isn’t alive per se. You can disrupt its reproduction cycle, you can put it to sleep, but you can’t kill it.

事实上你不可能会杀死病毒，原因很简单：病毒本身就没有生命。你可以打乱它的繁殖周期，你可以让它休眠，但你不能杀死它。

5.Seasons Caused by the Distance from the Sun
季节的变换是由于和太阳的距离不同造成的

Distance from the Sun has very little effect on seasonal changes. In fact, the Earth is somewhat warmer when furthest from the Sun. This should be pretty obvious, really, for there is summer in northern hemisphere when there is winter in southern one and vice versa.

距离太阳的远近程度很难对季节的改变产生影响。事实上，当地球和太阳的距离较大时地球有时候也很温暖。这点应该很明显，南半球是冬天的时候北半球是夏天，反之亦然。

Knowledge is the best vaccine against myths. Next time you hear one of these, you will know them for what they are.

知识是抵制神话的最好方法。下次你听到这些,你就会知道是什么。