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Ether Or

2010-11-26 18:12:35.540191+01 by petronius 0 comments

An interesting challenge: scientists are asked to describe their favorite discredited scientific theory. Is it the terracentric universe, the flat earth, the stress theory of stomach ulcers or the existence of an "ether" through wich light was transmitted? Some interesting answers.

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