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Attention and effort will go to “well-presented fake”. Marie Curie believed that radioactivity might have been caused by ghosts or the paranormal because of su
by qwantim1 6y ago
Attention and effort will go to “well-presented fake”.
Marie Curie believed that radioactivity might have been caused by ghosts or the paranormal because of such things.[1] While there may actually be ghosts or other things paranormal, I’d bet that Marie Curie was fooled.
The good part is that Curie’s work persists, and we think we have more understanding about radioactive substances.
I’m not sure whether she had to spend time specifically debunking the ghost-of-radioactivity theory; that just happened because of her work studying radioactive substances and their effects.
[1]- https://www.famousscientists.org/scientists-who-believed-in-ghosts/ https://www.famousscientists.org/scientists-who-believed-in-...
- throw998 6y agoI find this fascinating. If we allow ourselves to entertain the idea of quantum time paradoxes, could it be that the radioactivity was in fact caused by the ghost of Marie Curie herself? She would have a very strong and obvious reason to haunt the science.
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- prewett 6y agoThat sounds like self-imposed slavery: every time someone wants radioactivity, Marie Curie's ghost needs to show up and produce it. What with all the nuclear reactors and RTGs on far-flung spacecraft, she's a busy ghost.