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Naturally occurring radiation might play a part in human tendency to regard certain places as haunted.
by I-M-S 4y ago
Naturally occurring radiation might play a part in human tendency to regard certain places as haunted.
- BaculumMeumEst 4y agoi'm pretty sure superstition about haunted locations doesn't come from people repeatedly getting leukemia
- heywhatupboys 4y agolmao, this is the most HN comment
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y agoActually "haunted" locations are often linked to carbon monoxide and infrasound, IIRC. We generally don't blame ghosts for mysterious burns or other signs of radiation sickness.
- undersuit 4y agoWe don't, but a society that doesn't know about radiation or even elementary particles may. The village doctor in the 1500s diagnosing radiation sickness would be even more of a quack than the one that doesn't apply enough leeches.