myths – Jonathan Frei https://jonathanfrei.com Based on a true story Mon, 06 Oct 2014 12:23:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://i0.wp.com/jonathanfrei.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/favicon-160x1601.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 myths – Jonathan Frei https://jonathanfrei.com 32 32 76405128 Common misconceptions–visualized https://jonathanfrei.com/2014/10/common-misconceptions-visualized https://jonathanfrei.com/2014/10/common-misconceptions-visualized#respond Mon, 06 Oct 2014 12:23:00 +0000 http://104.131.64.180/?p=13 The data visualization site, Information is Beautiful, recently published an infographic of Common MythConceptions, which borrows its data from Wikipedia’s list of common misconceptions. This is related to my earlier post on the list.

common misconceptions visualized

]]> https://jonathanfrei.com/2014/10/common-misconceptions-visualized/feed 0 13 Are the rumors true? https://jonathanfrei.com/2014/10/are-the-rumors-true https://jonathanfrei.com/2014/10/are-the-rumors-true#respond Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:32:05 +0000 http://104.131.64.180/?p=20 Emergent provides real-time information to help you determine which rumors you’re seeing on the Internet have been verified or debunked, as well as which are still up in the air.

Emergent is a real-time rumor tracker. It’s part of a research project with the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University that focuses on how unverified information and rumor are reported in the media. It aims to develop and best practices for debunking misinformation.

]]> https://jonathanfrei.com/2014/10/are-the-rumors-true/feed 0 20 Eight Glasses of Water a Day? Seriously? https://jonathanfrei.com/2012/08/eight-glasses-of-water-a-day-seriously https://jonathanfrei.com/2012/08/eight-glasses-of-water-a-day-seriously#respond Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:12:19 +0000 http://104.131.64.180/?p=776 Eight Glasses of Water a Day? Seriously?

Ken Jennings in his blog The Debunker:

[Heinz] Valtin traces the myth back to a 1945 National Research Council pamphlet advising one milliliter of water for each calorie of food eaten, which would indeed be sixty to eighty ounces for most adults. But everyone seems to have missed the pamphlet’s next sentence: “Most of this quantity is contained in prepared foods”

I drink far more than eight glasses of water a day. I’m glad to learn I don’t have to, but I doubt I’m going to stop.

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Ken Jennings in his blog The Debunker:

[Heinz] Valtin traces the myth back to a 1945 National Research Council pamphlet advising one milliliter of water for each calorie of food eaten, which would indeed be sixty to eighty ounces for most adults. But everyone seems to have missed the pamphlet’s next sentence: “Most of this quantity is contained in prepared foods”

I drink far more than eight glasses of water a day. I’m glad to learn I don’t have to, but I doubt I’m going to stop.

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