23 Often-Misinterpreted Scientific Facts
Actually, 50 percent of all marriages don’t end in divorce
Scientific information is complicated and full of caveats and clarifications. This, of course, absolutely ruins the shareability of even the most interesting facts and discoveries. So, what’s an internet to do but clumsily cleave off context and cram the best bits into infographics ad nauseum?
After all, it’s not a meme page’s problem that people took a science post at face value. Plus, it’s probably rare that you’d ever actually get corrected. In the event you’re in the presence of actual, serious scholars, though, you might want to hold back on sharing the following oft-misunderstood facts.
