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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

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Tue Sep 4, 2018, 08:54 AM Sep 2018

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I just read about a kind of woo I never heard of, at the Encyclopedia of American Loons, this one is fairly harmless, but still silly.

"Earthing"

It means going barefoot as much as possible outdoors, so that our feet pick up "free electrons" from the Earth.

I bet this is really popular in northern states in Winter!

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LOL trotsky Sep 2018 #1
And chiggers! progressoid Sep 2018 #2
Reddit has a forum called "Today I Learned." Elsewhen Oct 2018 #3
There was one guy I remember from college who never wore shoes Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #4
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