The annals of pseudoscience have some astonishing entries.
- Phrenology was the 19th-century belief that the shape of your skull could predict your personality.
- Flat Earth Theory was popular for a considerable time, despite the fact some ancients already recognized our planet was a sphere?
- N-rays, which were a fantasy of early 20th-century scientists, who thought they discovered a new type of radiation.
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The once-respected publication Scientific American has published a paragraph that is so woke and filled with real disinformation regarding biology that it must be considered for addition to this list.
The November issue featured “The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong,” by Cara Ocobock and Sarah Lacy.
In this piece, the authors examine the example of Sophie Power, who, in 2018, ran the 105-mile Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc while breastfeeding her baby at rest stations. They attribute her endurance to estrogen.
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