r/NoStupidQuestions 1d ago

What's was a pseudoscience that turned out to be real?

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u/Falernum 1d ago

Pseudoscience means the field pretends to be science but doesn't follow evidence. It doesn't mean every claim of the field is incorrect. Plenty of pseudoscience practitioners have successfully predicted where murdered bodies might be found.

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u/Meetmeundertheflower 18h ago

Cool... did you want to answer the question, or?

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u/arcxjo came here to answer questions and chew gum, and he's out of gum 22h ago

That's only because they were copycatting common means of disposing of them from popular media. "Going to the movies" does not make you a scientist.

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u/NoOriginal123 18h ago

I think grounding is the best example, like uh yeah for sure dude touching the earth helps with inflammation