myths

More frustratingly for people who want to address the problem of climate change, scientific evidence shows that individuals who embrace denier myths develop an emotional, political attachment to those opinions.

One of social media's many myths holds that the universe has a kitten distribution system that overtakes you when you least expect it, like true love or this year's flu.

She explained "myths and taboos" often caused barriers to diagnosis, including women being stereotyped as "black and strong", meaning their pain is dismissed.

Kennedy spread the myths — refuted by science — that vaccines commonly injure children and cause autism.

Although he had no explicit definition of irony, he theorized that humans are strongly influenced by symbols expressed through myths and dreams or other cultural touchstones.