Is it normal for intelligent adults to think rivers flow inland from the sea?
Yesterday, something completely baffled me.
I was out with my girlfriend and her friends when she mentioned a conversation we had recently. A couple weeks back, she casually suggested that rivers flow FROM the sea into the land. I was stunned, the fact that rivers run INTO the sea seemed as obvious to me as the sky being blue. We had a bit of debate, and it took some convincing for her to accept that rivers generally run into the sea, not the other way around.
To clarify, my girlfriend is a senior lead software engineer at a bank, incredibly intelligent, and well-educated. It blew my mind that she'd reached her 30s believing this. Initially, I figured it was just a quirky misunderstanding unique to her.
Fast forward to yesterday: she brought this up in front of her friends, and shockingly, two out of the five agreed with her. These are smart, capable adults, yet they genuinely thought rivers flow inland from the sea.
Is this a common misconception? Has anyone else encountered adults who believe this? What could cause intelligent people to have this misunderstanding?
Yesterday, something completely baffled me.
I was out with my girlfriend and her friends when she mentioned a conversation we had recently. A couple weeks back, she casually suggested that rivers flow FROM the sea into the land. I was stunned, the fact that rivers run INTO the sea seemed as obvious to me as the sky being blue. We had a bit of debate, and it took some convincing for her to accept that rivers generally run into the sea, not the other way around.
To clarify, my girlfriend is a senior lead software engineer at a bank, incredibly intelligent, and well-educated. It blew my mind that she'd reached her 30s believing this. Initially, I figured it was just a quirky misunderstanding unique to her.
Fast forward to yesterday: she brought this up in front of her friends, and shockingly, two out of the five agreed with her. These are smart, capable adults, yet they genuinely thought rivers flow inland from the sea.
Is this a common misconception? Has anyone else encountered adults who believe this? What could cause intelligent people to have this misunderstanding?
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