Science Irony
60 real-life examples of science irony, submitted by readers and voted on by the community. Think you've spotted irony in the world of science? Submit your own example.
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Is it ironic that We cut down trees to make paper...
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Is it ironic that A person is going on and on about how he cares about the earth but then proceeds to flick his cigarette into the grass?
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Is it ironic that A headline in a science journal read: 'Arctic Armageddon Needs More Science, Less Hype'?
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Is it ironic that When the sky is cloudy but there is no rain in sight?
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Is it ironic that Flat Earth believers would be dead if the Earth they were living on was actually flat?
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Is it ironic that Water catches on fire?
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Is it ironic that I learnt a story of stars that gain weight to become younger.
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Is it ironic that Fire extinqushers being banned because they cause global warming.
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Is it ironic that I am having Dino Nuggets for dinner while reading an Anthony Bourdain book?
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Is it ironic that We both have science on monday?
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Is it ironic that The professor is hiding but is called out to watch the storm.
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Is it ironic that Someone mentions the importance of using precisely defined scientific words to explain a concept clearly then gets an explanation completely wrong because he doesn't understand the scientific term that he used?
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Is it ironic that Birds evolved from flightless Dinosaurs?
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Is it ironic that The first real flying saucer is from Earth and landed on Mars.
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Is it ironic that A meteorologist's grandson is afraid of storms?
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Is it ironic that An old can of sealant in my garage started leaking.
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Is it ironic that Studying neurology gives me a headache?
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Is it ironic that Fort McMurray,source of the tar sands that contribute to climate change, was destroyed by wildfire, one of the symptoms of climate change?
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Is it ironic that A special tool developed specifically for polishing the main mirror on the Hubble Space Telescope to extremely precise specification was itself built incorrectly resulting in Hubble's main mirror's final measurements being off.
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Is it ironic that A scientist works on hepaticocholangiocholecystenterostomies, but has a phobia of seeing the gall bladder?
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Is it ironic that Christopher Columbus was loved for discovering the new world and hated for ruining the way of life for millions of natives.
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Is it ironic that A person is born "Monkey", but yet not hairy.
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Is it ironic that There is no snow during the wintertime?
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Is it ironic that Of all the creatures on the earth, only humans evolved with 25-30 of repetitive sequence, now that is a coding error.
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Is it ironic that A map of Europe shows the varying percentage levels of persons with in each country able to carry on a conversation in English.