• Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
    56·
    7 months ago

    For me it’s the regions of the tongue thing. It never made any sense, and a 6 year old with a sugar cube could have disproved it. Yet they taught it in schools for years.

    • SkaveRatEnglish
      19·
      7 months ago

      We did test it in school with different substances

      I was like “I can mostly still taste it everywhere” and the teacher basically told me I was wrong

      • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zipEnglish
        9·
        7 months ago

        Yes. We did this experiment in school, too!

        I can confirm that a six year old with a sugar cube can at least throw some skepticism at this one.

        I was told I must be doing the experiment wrong.

        I did get a quick preview about education, gullibility and gaslighting on that day.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      The idea, to me at least, wasn’t that the regions were completely distinct, merely dominant.