Welcome to Supermyths. A primary aim of this blog is to explore the concept of braced myths.
The first blog post on the so called "greatest typographical error of all time" will be published soon.
A primary research paper that I wrote earlier this year, which led me to develop the concept of the bracedmyth, can be found here: http://www.internetjournalofcriminology.com/Sutton_Spinach_Iron_and_Popeye_March_2010.pdf
Supermyths are myths about myths that are created and compounded by experts, spread by pseudo-skeptics and destroyed by evidence. Braced myths are a sub-type of supermyth, created by orthodox expert authorities that are so powerful they are believed to be true by respected scholars who unwittingly promote them as examples of the need to be healthily sceptical of counterknowledge and then, with unintended irony, use them as argument winners to refute other fallacious knowledge.