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What Pseudoscience do you Believe? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by allo@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Came across a list of pseudosciences and was fun seeing where im woo woo.

Lunar effect – the belief that the full Moon influences human and animal behavior.

Ley Lines

Accupressure/puncture

Ayurveda

Body Memory

Faith healing

Anyway, list too long to read. I guess Im quite the nonscientific woowoomancer. How about you? What pseudoscience do you believe? Also I believe nearly every stone i find was an ancient indian stone. Also manifesting and or prayer to manipulate via subconscious aligning the future. oh and the ability to subconsciously deeply understand animals, know the future, etc

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Speaking of unknown animals. Unicorns could pretty much be real. Just imagine: We have horses, we have horned animals (even one-horned animals), it is not impossible that a horse-like animal with a horn exists.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

And it's called a rhino! I do admit that I use the term horse-like rather broadly here.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

They are part of the same order (broad toed ungulates) and share a common ancestor, so they are certainly related

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hippopotamus literally means river horse, so they are related (not genetically, of course, but etymologically).

[–] Lokoschade@feddit.org 0 points 2 weeks ago

Hippos 🦛 aren't rhinos 🦏

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

It’s an armored unicorn then!

[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

We even have sea unicorns, land unicorns don’t seem too far fetched.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Except all of their remains have somehow disappeared

[–] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

Hunted and had their horns removed by greedy humans.