Everything That’s True Can Be Proven Myth
Everything is either true or not true, but not everything that is true can be proven true, and not everything false can be proven false.
Carter Bastian
Mercury is the Hottest Planet Myth
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, and thus receives the most direct heat. However, Venus is hotter, as Mercury doesn’t have an atmosphere thick enough to trap and hold heat.
There is a Computer that Costs Five Dollars Fact
The Raspberry Pi Zero is “a $5 computer”, a credit card sized programmable computer that launched with $5 price tag in 2015.
Computers Can Beat Humans at Go Fact
In March of 2016, Google’s AI AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol, one of the best professional Go players in the world, in four out of five games in a no-mercy match.
The More You Do Something, the More You Value it Fact
The more time and energy you put into something, the more you value it. This Escalation of Commitment phenomenon (or commitment bias) relates to a number of other decision making biases.
We Know How Many Galaxies There Are Myth
We don’t know exactly how many galaxies there are in the visible universe, but low estimates based on Hubble data start at 100 billion.
The Dark Side of the Moon Is Always Dark Myth
The “Dark Side” of the moon is not actually dark. Every month, it gets two weeks of sunlight and two weeks of darkness, just like the rest of the moon.
Vegetarianism is Worse For the Environment than Eating Meat Myth
Both animal-derived and plant-derived food production has consequences, but meat production is worse for the environment in most cases.
There was a Wu-Tang Clan Album that Cost Millions of Dollars Fact
Wu-Tang Clan produced an original album called Once Upon a Time in Shaolin that sold for $2 million to Martin Shkreli in 2015.