Sentence examples for misconception by the from inspiring English sources

Equating abiogenesis with evolutionary theory is listed as a misconception by the University of California's Berkeley Understanding Evolutionn' internet resource, although it is noted that "Science does try to investigate how life started… but [this is] not the central focus of evolutionary theory" (University of California, n.d).

Its connection with Easter eggs was based on a misconception by the Europeans that lapwings laid their eggs in the homes of hares.

We assessed temporal trends in the prevalence of this misconception by comparing the prevalence reported in 2003 with that reported in 2000 for the entire study sample and by specific risk characteristics.

Seventy-eight percent of our students who began this exercise with misconceptions were able to partially or completely change their misconceptions by the end of this discussion.

Göbel has tried to counter this misconception by sponsoring the first translation of Steiner's works into Chinese.

In recent years, liberals have tried to amend this misconception by arguing that the secular vision draws, as it always has, on a tolerant and syncretic form of Islam nurtured by Sufi settlers from the 13th century onwards.

Perhaps that's due to the misconception by some that overdose fatalities are mainly the problem of drug addicts, unworthy of our concern or compassion.

"There's been this misconception, fostered by the weight-is-beautiful groups, that weight doesn't matter.

Often, there's a misconception held by the client that the women involved in such practices are not only there willingly, but enjoy the work they do.

One public misconception — popularized by the CSI episode "Fur and Loathing" — is that furry conventions are places for people to dress up as animals and perform sexual acts with each other.

Student responses to questions in group D revealed another common misconception held by the students at the end of the course, namely, that DNA replication occurs during prophase of meiosis I (Table 2).