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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  1. Is it ironic that I'm cramming a chapter about memory, just before finals?

    67% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that Your brain understands its own structure and function?

    77% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that I have made are error in calculating my error bars.

    53% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Global warming can lead to global cooling?

    50% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that They killed Copernicus for saying that the Earth was round.

    70% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A movie poster gravity falls off the wall and floats away.

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that A person posts that i never express my own thoughts and ideas about science, and then another poster (who always parrots the dogma and beliefs of the leader of his pseudoscience belief, which has been proven false, rather than express his own original thought) chimes in to agree with gusto.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that Neuroscientists are exploring the unimaginable in the world of the imagination itself?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that A good scientist fails in an easy experiment.

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that My science teacher looks like einstein?

    50% ironic 1 votes Vote →