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Each entry on these '''lists of common misconceptions''' is worded as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated. These entries are concise summaries; the main subject articles can be consulted for more detail.

Common misconceptions are viewpoints or [[factoid]]s that are often accepted as true, but which are actually false. They generally arise from [[conventional wisdom]] (such as [[old wives' tale]]s), [[stereotypes]], [[superstition]]s, [[Fallacy|fallacies]], a misunderstanding of science, or the popularization of [[pseudoscience]] and [[pseudohistory]]. Some common misconceptions are also considered to be [[urban legend]]s, and they are sometimes involved in [[moral panic]]s.

==Lists==
'''Main lists'''
* [[List of common misconceptions about arts and culture]]
* [[List of common misconceptions about history]]
* [[List of common misconceptions about science, technology, and mathematics]]
'''Additional lists'''
* [[List of common misconceptions about language learning]]
* [[List of common misconceptions about the Middle Ages]]
* [[Misconceptions about HIV/AIDS]]

== See also ==
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* [[False memory]]
* [[Illusory truth effect]]
* [[Legends and myths regarding the Titanic|Legends and myths regarding the ''Titanic'']]
* [[List of cognitive biases]]
* [[List of conspiracy theories]]
* [[List of fallacies]]
* [[List of topics characterized as pseudoscience]]
* [[List of urban legends]]
* [[Outline of public relations]]
* ''[[Pseudodoxia Epidemica]]''
* ''[[QI]]''
* [[Scientific misconceptions]]
* [[Superseded theories in science]]
* ''[[The Straight Dope]]''
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== Further reading ==
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Diefendorf|first=David|title=Amazing... But False!: Hundreds of "Facts" You Thought Were True, But Aren't|publisher=Sterling|date=2007|isbn=978-1-4027-3791-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/amazingbutfalseh0000dief}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Green|first=Joey|title=Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed|publisher=Broadway|date=2005|isbn=978-0-7679-1992-0}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Johnsen|first=Ferris|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Misconceptions: The Ultimate Debunker's Guide to Widely Accepted Fallacies|publisher=Carol Publishing Group|date=1994|isbn=978-0-8065-1556-4|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000john}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Kruszelnicki|first=Karl|author2=Adam Yazxhi |title=Great Mythconceptions: The Science Behind the Myths|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|date=2006|edition=2008|isbn=978-0-7407-5364-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/greatmythconcept0000krus_f4y1}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Lloyd|first=John|author2=John Mitchinson|title=The Book of General Ignorance|publisher=Harmony Books|date=2006|isbn=978-0-307-39491-0|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgeneralign00lloy}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Lloyd|first=John|author2=John Mitchinson |title=The Second Book Of General Ignorance|publisher=Faber and Faber|date=2010|isbn=978-0-571-26965-5}}
* {{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Scudellari|first=Megan|title=The science myths that will not die|date=December 17, 2015|doi=10.1038/528322a|pmid=26672537|volume=528|issue=7582|journal=Nature|pages=322–25|bibcode = 2015Natur.528..322S |doi-access=free}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Tuleja|first=Tad|title=Fabulous Fallacies: More Than 300 Popular Beliefs That Are Not True|publisher=Galahad Books|date=1999|isbn=978-1-57866-065-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/fabulousfallacie0000tule}}

== External links ==
* [http://amasci.com/miscon/opphys.html List of children's misconceptions about science]
* [http://amasci.com/miscon/miscon4.html Misconceptions taught by science textbooks]
* [https://personal.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadScience.html Bad Science]

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