science guys
Here's one in the style of the "I told someone something false that is likely to gravely embarrass them at some point" answers.

A friend is currently in the process of interviewing for positions in a scientific research related field at some fancy universities. One of the questions that sometimes actually gets asked in interviews regardless of the field of research is, "what, to you, stands out as the most important developments in science of the 20th century?"

So we were discussing answers like nuclear physics, antibiotics, DNA, computer science, artificial intelligence research, developments in cognitive science, and then for some reason I thought it would be good to add, "And don't forget about Robert Popper- they'd probably like that answer. He's the one who made some important claims about falsifiability in hypothesis generation."

Well, I hope she looked on Wikipedia to see what I was talking about, or that some of her interviewers are Look Around You fans, because I definitely meant to say "Karl Popper". Oops.
( the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 16:49, 4 replies)

Surely
It was Planck's explanation of the blackbody radiation problem? That opened the door to everything else.
( MatJ LOOK, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 17:13, closed)

Nonsense
It was the invention of sherbet lemons.
(username failed moderation, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 17:16, closed)

oh my goodness yes
We don't have those in the US.
( the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 19:00, closed)

yeah that why the states is in a the state it is in

( fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Wed 18 Jan 2012, 8:21, closed)