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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 55 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.zip 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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.world 2 points 2 months ago

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