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Anonymous Sat May 31 18:22:28 2014 No.6565717 [DELETED]

What are some theories that were once thought of as true but turned out to be false? Like quantum mechanics, for example

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>>	Anonymous Sat May 31 18:28:27 2014 No.6565725 Quantum mechanics was never thought to be true. No theory is, since Popper

>>	Anonymous Sat May 31 18:30:08 2014 No.6565728 Existence of the luminiferous aether phlogiston theory are two that popped in to my head

>>	Anonymous Sat May 31 18:37:07 2014 No.6565744 >>6565728 >aether >not true Nice bait

>>	Anonymous Sat May 31 18:41:41 2014 No.6565755 >>6565728 spontaneous generation alchemy Aristotelian Physics Ptolemy's model Terra-centrism Circles on circles Platonic solids being the relationship between planetes

>>	Anonymous Sat May 31 18:48:41 2014 No.6565770 idk if you want some natural philosophy theories flat earth theories miasma emitter theory of light emission theory for vision spontaneous generation democritean atom theory of nous plus these >>6565728 homunculi and preformationism are cool

>>	Anonymous Sat May 31 21:36:01 2014 No.6565948 >>6565725 >Popper fallen out of favor. Theories are thought to be true at least to an approximation, or in certain conditions. For example, QM is (roughly) a non-relativistic approximation to QFT.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 31 22:10:01 2014 No.6565997 >>6565770 >homunculi >"proven false" >implying test tube babies aren't homunculi

>>	Anonymous Sat May 31 22:28:29 2014 No.6566032 >>6565717 >quantum mechanics >not true 1/10 for making me reply

>>	Anonymous Sat May 31 22:46:56 2014 No.6566065 >>6566032 strictly speaking quantum field theory deprecates quantum mechanics

>>	Kocoayello !jxaL03vL/Q Sat May 31 23:07:27 2014 No.6566091 >>6565755 >>6565770 How is "spontaneous generation" different from "abiogenesis" exactly?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 1 17:26:11 2014 No.6567312 >>6565717 Einstein's theory of relativity.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 1 17:28:41 2014 No.6567314 >>6565770 New scientific studies have shown that the Earth is flat.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 1 17:33:47 2014 No.6567319 Out of Africa theory

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 1 17:43:13 2014 No.6567333 >>6566091 meat doesn't spawn maggots rain doesn't spawn worms

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>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 1 19:02:14 2014 No.6567478 >>6567319 >>>/pol/

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 1 19:45:03 2014 No.6567542 The Big Bang "Theory"

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 2 13:38:45 2014 No.6568659 >>6565717 There entirety of Phrenology and most of Freudian psychology. Plus the thought that things such as trepanning or stomping on people were beneficial for their mental health.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 2 13:41:40 2014 No.6568670 psychology

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 2 13:43:37 2014 No.6568681 >>6565717 >What are some theories that were once thought of as true but turned out to be false? Atheism

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