Nice Examples of Common Misconceptions in Science

• Where does all the material for a tree come from?
• How do parallel circuits work.
• If I have a heavy weight in a boat and I throw it over the side what happens to the level of the water.
• What happens when I stop applying force to an object does it stop moving?

Then there are a few examples of how you coincidence can be confused with causation.

• The birthday of the bad guy, the head of the NSA in Enemy of the State is 9.11