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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Archae

(46,942 posts) Tue Sep 4, 2018, 07:54 AM Sep 2018

Learn something new every day...

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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Learn something new every day... (Original Post) Archae Sep 2018 OP

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

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

1. LOL

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 09:15 AM

Sep 2018

Might get a few ticks riding along with all those electrons!

progressoid

(50,865 posts)

2. And chiggers!

Reply to trotsky (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 06:28 AM

Sep 2018

Elsewhen

(6 posts)

3. Reddit has a forum called "Today I Learned."

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 09:03 PM

Oct 2018

Reddit has a forum called "Today I Learned."

It has lots of great stuff every time I go there.

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/

Rhiannon12866

(225,879 posts)

4. There was one guy I remember from college who never wore shoes

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:31 PM

Oct 2018

Occasionally sneakers, if I remember, but he mostly went barefoot which was sure unusual - especially since I went to school in Western NY State, serious snow country! I'm wondering if this strange custom is what that guy was about??

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