The best thing about the internet is that it works like a massive public library, packed with knowledge on nearly every subject you can imagine. The catch, of course, is that not everything gets fact-checked, and plenty of misinformation manages to slip through.
That’s why these Redditors stepped in to set the record straight, debunking popular beliefs many still take as truth but are actually pseudoscience. Scroll down to discover some of their most eye-opening posts and see if any catch you off guard.
#21
Fire cutters. It’s a wild thing some people I know in France genuinely swear by. It’s where your doctor sends essentially magic, even over the phone, to heal ailments and pain.
It floors me how much they believe it!
It floors me how much they believe it!
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#22
Anything Freudian. I find it alarming that his theories are given the time of day at all. It seems like unfalsifiable bunkum to me.
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#24
Divining rods. I'm a geologist, and I still must work with other "educated scientists" who think they can locate water or underground utilities with divining rods.
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#25
BMI as a measure of health.
the creator of what is now known as bmi wasn’t even a medical professional (he was a statistician and astronomer).
the creator of what is now known as bmi wasn’t even a medical professional (he was a statistician and astronomer).
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#27
"boosting" the immune system - it can't be boosted, you can support it to help fight infection, but you can't send it into hyperdrive, that would cause autoimmune issues.
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#28
IQ tests. It only predicts if you’re gonna be good in school, not intelligence. .
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#29
Evolutionary psychology / evopsych. Yet the manosphere runs with it.
Having studied psych for many years, the TLDR of why that is: there's no fossils of behaviour.
Having studied psych for many years, the TLDR of why that is: there's no fossils of behaviour.
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#30
"Organic" food being better for you. There's no difference in GMO plants nutritionally and wild plants of the same species. Even if both similar plants were never GMO, the only difference is how they were raised. The same goes for meat. They do not change nutritionally.
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#32
The way fingerprints are used in many, if not most policing and judicial systems.
'Body Language Experts' used in policing and judicial systems.
Polygraphs.
A *lot* of things that are used to convict people of crimes range from badly implemented to complete horseshit.
(Bonus: Evolutionary Psychology).
'Body Language Experts' used in policing and judicial systems.
Polygraphs.
A *lot* of things that are used to convict people of crimes range from badly implemented to complete horseshit.
(Bonus: Evolutionary Psychology).
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#34
Quantum reiki. i trained with one of the foremost practicioners named antojai and it is not a transferable skill in my case.
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#35
The idea that everyone has a unique fingerprint is an assumption. It’s probably true, but science has never confirmed it.
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