I looked through Wikipedia’s list of common misconceptions for anything that people might arise independently in lots of people through reasonable reflection, rather than just “facts” that sneak into the public consciousness, but none of them really qualify.
I looked through Wikipedia’s list of common misconceptions for anything that people might arise independently in lots of people through reasonable reflection, rather than just “facts” that sneak into the public consciousness, but none of them really qualify.
Of course, false “facts” can also easily sneak into less trafficked Wikipedia pages, such as its list of common misconceptions.