Silly Talk About Science

Writing in the Bad Science section of The Guardian, Ben Goldacre has a fun little article, titled "Party Hard", in which he asks for readers' input. Goldacre recounts some of the more stupid comments ever made to him about science at a party - his personal best involves being told that Newton's laws of motion might have turned out differently if Newton was a woman (this might be a good time to make it crystal clear that this is not a comment about, or the beginning of an intended thread on, or anything to do with questions of women and science, and that I do not expect to see Larry Summers' name in the comments). Goldacre wants to gather more anecdotes regarding what he calls the Public Misunderstanding of Science and is exhorting his readers to send him their examples of the most stupid thing ever said to them about ...