Hackers' Pub

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PsySal @PsySal@mastodon.social

12/5/2025, 5:42:55 AM

Public

I am a "fan" of certain debunked scientific or psuedoscientific theories, by that I mean I don't believe they are true but I enjoy thinking about them.

Three are:
- the deep, hot biosphere
- humans are aquatic apes
- caffeine birthed the enlightenment

All fun! Some have complex, interesting and layered histories, for instance humans are aquatic apes was more credible than initially recognized; it was dismissed not on scientific grounds but out of sexism-- or at least this is one side of it

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