Dr Myths

Brain Myths: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

MYTH: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator measures a person’s personality and tells us useful information which can be used for recruiting and scientific classification of people and their personalities. FACT: Few (if any) personality...

Brain myths - only using ten percent of your brain?

Medical Mythbuster: We Don’t Only Use 10% Of Our Brains

MYTH: We only use 10% of our brains. FACT: We actually use 100% of our brain at some point or another; the difference is more in how we use it and which...

Is professional sport dangerous to health?

Athletes die younger

MYTH: Elite athletes die at a younger age. FACT: There is some evidence which points to a shorter life expectancy for professional athletes, performance artist and elite runners. However, there is also...

Girls are shorter because they get less food

MYTH: Girls become shorter as adults because young girls get less food because of the patriarchal structures in society which inadvertently makes mothers give their daughters less food than their sons. FACT: The length...

To wake up each morning is a miracle

Maybe it is a miracle for some, but it is a completely natural process I can assure you. There is nothing divine about waking up. Especially not for Dr Myths who is...

Humans cannot walk with an IQ below 80

MYTH: If you have an IQ below 80 you would not be able to walk. FACT: If you required IQ80 to walk how can a simple fly walk with 6 legs? Walking is complex...

Medical myth one

Myth One The notorious myth one was first discovered back in ancient Greece around 700 BC. The myth survived into the 21st century untouched. But science eventually conquered this false conclusion and we now...