They say that in medieval times, people didn’t believe in weather forecasts - according to legend , one of the dukes in a fit of anger ordered his court weather forecaster to be hanged right from the spire of his castle, saying that maybe now the guy would at least correctly indicate the wind direction. Today, we believe in weather forecasts as something completely usual, right?
Why am I telling you all this? Well, here’s the point: in our world, there are actually many things that by all indications are nothing more than pseudoscience, but people all over the world still fervently believe in them. Today’s list by Bored Panda is made up of exactly these ideas, theories, and things.
More info: Reddit
Cleanses to reduce the “toxins” in your body. We have organs for that: your liver and kidneys. If those aren’t working you have problems way bigger than any juice can handle.
Enigpragmatic , Robina Weermeijer Report
Flat earth. I know a lot of it is trolling, but there are some sincere crazies out there.
zealot_ratio , Hartono Creative Studio Report
“Manifestation.” Babe, that’s not the universe aligning. That’s just you ignoring red flags while journaling in cursive.
DreamyyBabe1 , Towfiqu barbhuiya Report
Scientology……………………. Fk them so bad there a****s reach all the way to their front flappas.
antmanfan3911 , Alexey Taktarov Report
That a wolf pack has an alpha male.
LJonReddit , Thomas Bonometti Report
Vaccines cause autism.
permyemail7 , Alireza Attari Report
Homeopathy. That really needs to go away.
huntings098 , Zdeněk Macháček Report
Chiropractor.
Jonbazookaboz , Marc Zeman Report
The idea that the brain stops developing after a certain age, or that we only use 10% of it.
angelnoraa , Robina Weermeijer Report
Trickle-down economics.
JunkyardBardo , Alexander Grey Report
Crystals. Girl told me she put one under her bed to attract love and ended up hooking up with her ex who gave her chlamydia. The universe did send someone, just not with good intentions.
FairybloomDimplelace , Dan Farrell Report
Personality tests. Specifically Myers Briggs. The amount of smart people i encounter who think its real never ceases to amaze me. Cue folks chiming in here that’s its actually scientific in 3…2….
mayormcskeeze , katemangostar Report
All those supplements bros on podcasts are selling you.
BioWhack , Angel Sinigersky Report
Ghost hunters/ paranormal investigators/cyrptid investigators.
ChirpMcBender Report
Copper bracelets etc to help with pain.
NoChangingUserName , GLOBALDSIO IT SOLUTION Report
Healing crystals and essential oils.
scotthia , Josue Michel Report
Amber bracelets and necklaces on toddlers to prevent teething pain.
AdelleDeWitt , Getty Images Report
Anti-trans “Basic Biology” that denies all scientific understanding of transgender people or how biological sex works.
Expensive_Bit_2808 , Nhia Moua Report
Lie detectors and most other forms of “forensic science” outside of DNA.
SwingingtotheBeat , Getty Images Report
From a reddit interaction a few hours ago, astrology apparently.
shiny_glitter_demon , Farzad Mohsenvand Report
Getting a cold after being outside in the cold.
photoexplorer , Gowtham Puviarasu Report
“Ancient Astronaut Theory”.
anon , IronyWrit Report
BMI. The standards behind it are garbage , to put it mildly. It’s Victorian era pseudo-science, akin to Phrenology.
SardonicusR Report
My coworker just tried telling me yesterday that the sx position you use will determine the gender of the baby. Boy s**m are heavier, apparently.
omgsohc , Womanizer Toys Report
That not [touching yourself] gives you special powers/self-mastery.
kman0300 , Clay Banks Report
Word2DWise , Lisa Hobbs Report
The concept of race. Our modern concept of race is pseudoscience on the level of flat earther type s**t.
AnywhereNo6982 , Camila Quintero Franco Report
“Transvestigation” the batshit crazy idea that someone can be identified as transgender by wild assumptions about anatomy, angles and features of the body. Example: “feminine skulls” transposed onto male highly masculine people as “proof” of transition.
Briaboo2008 , Alexander Grey Report
Alkaline Diets.
Red_dit_deed , Elena Leya Report
As a teacher, I will chime in with learning styles. The idea that learners can be categorized as either those who learn by seeing, hearing or doing. No basis is peer reviewed research whatsoever. Turns out that the student’s interest in the subject is far more important - as well as the quality of the teacher.
Exceon Report
I’ve been told by alcoholics that drinking liquor stops you from getting diseases like COVID.
cobalt_phantom , Maxime Report
Cupping, acupuncture, aromatherapy, chiropractic, etc, etc, etc.
InfidelZombie , Katherine Hanlon Report
Body language experts. Also I don’t know if that counts since actual psychology is of course a real science, but there’s a lot of pop psychology going around that is based on approximately nothing.
rider-hider , yousef samuil Report
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