Saturday, October 6, 2007

Everything I Learned in High School Science

Why does it seem sometimes that everything they taught me in High School science was a lie? First it was that the atom consisted of three particles: electrons, proton, and neutrons. Then I grew up and found out about quarks: up, down, charm, strange, etc.... Now I find out in this article, that the appendix, which we were taught was a "vestigial organ" having something to do with cows and with no apparent purpose, really does have a function.

Won't even get into some of the discussions we had in Bio class with the very quirky Mr. D. Let's just say, atomic fusion hasn't come to rescue us, the ice age has not returned, and plutonium is not the answer.

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