The Top 15 Physics Myths
15) “Black” holes are actually dark blue.
14) Quantum mechanics or string theory: take your pick.
13) The first law of thermodynamics is: You do not talk about thermodynamics.
12) For every Big Bang, there is an equal and opposite Big Shhh.
11) The Schwarzschild radius was originally derived as part of a “Yo mamma so fat” joke.
10) If E really equals m c squared, how come the fatter I get the less energy I have?
9) Whether the chicken or egg came first depends upon the velocity of the observer.
8) If a neutrino touches anything, you have to burn it.
7) The actual reason that a watermelon falls faster than a feather is because it’s funnier.
6) “There are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on the beach”: In truth, they are equal in number.
5) All of Einstein’s papers were actually written by some guy named Schinkenspeck.
4) If Schrödinger’s cat crosses your path you may (or may not) have seven years of bad luck.
3) If you accelerate particles backwards in a supercollider you’ll hear demonic messages, and your turntable motor will burn out.
2) “Mathematically, bumblebees can’t fly”: True, they cannot fly. Instead, they reverse gravity.
1) The strange quark started as the “overly friendly” quark, but then it sent some really weird texts at 3 am.
Selected from 33 submissions from 11 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:
1: Paul Van Opens, Ellicott City, MD
2: Alan Rice, North Tustin, CA
3: Marshall Gatten, Albuquerque, NM
4: Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH
5: Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH
6: Alan Rice, North Tustin, CA
7: Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC
8: Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH
9: Marshall Gatten, Albuquerque, NM
10: Roy Skogstrom, Pepeekeo, HI
11: Paul Van Opens, Ellicott City, MD
12: Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC
13: Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC
14: Marissa Van Opens, Madison, WI
15: Paul Wiley, Westtown, NY
15: James Rice, North Tustin, CA
List Moderator: Larry Baum, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Copyright 2017 by Larry Baum
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