misconception

"A common misconception is jellyfish go after people but contact with a jellyfish is actually merely incidental and humans are not on their menu," Bunney said.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Secondly, there has been a misconception about fructose in general being harmful for cardiovascular health regardless of the source, and that fruit juices are beneficial for health.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

Sam DeCaro, director of clinical outreach and education at the Renfrew Center, described a common misconception: that undereating is fine for people who are not considered underweight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

It’s a common misconception that the federal government regulates the dates on food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

But then she reverts to her original misconception.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

“And why I bring that up is, you know, there’s a lot of misconceptions and tropes about who student loan borrowers are, and who are the ones who are falling behind.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

“There’s a lot of misconceptions about brain health. A lot of people think dementia either happens or it doesn’t — that there’s inevitability around it,” said Juan Rodriguez, AARP’s vice president of brain health.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

He believes that scientific knowledge is one of the most effective ways to challenge misconceptions.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

Such regional divides dispel one of the biggest misconceptions internationally that Italian food is "just pizza and pasta," he says.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

Her logic was a combination of half-truths and cliches, her worldview a compound of misconceptions deriving from a history of our nation as written from the perspective of a subway tunnel.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole