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> 'ether of the 21st century' Or 'caloric' or 'phlogiston' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superseded_theories_in_science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersed

> 'ether of the 21st century' Or 'caloric' or 'phlogiston' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superseded_theories_in_science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superseded_theories_in_science

kiba 5y ago
Dark matter is not a theory, it's a name for an unexplained phenomena.
tigerlily 5y ago
Phlogiston, now there's a word I haven't seen in a while. A lot of big names on that list of superseded theories by the way :)