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In reply to the discussion: Five things that modern science cannot explain: [View all]mindquaker
(6 posts)1. placebo effect is explainable, partially because part of the symptoms are psychosomatic.
2. The moving stones were explained years ago, it's not just wind, but rain, and freezing temperatures. Portions of the lakebed freeze into a floating ice sheet, and the wind pushes the rocks and ice together. The weight of the rocks is partially lifted by the ice, and the winds in that area are quite strong.
3. the "pipes" have been explained, they are fossilized tree root casts, and not so metallic as implied.
4. The spheres are mineral concretions, and their balance was never tested by NASA, the rotating is a misquote of a museum curator who said they rotated in their cases due to numerous tremors from nearby gold mine blasting.
5. Is completely made up. What was found was a "cold spot" in the cosmic microwave background radiation, which has several competing explanations, one theory is a void, an area with less matter (stars, galaxies, dust, gas) so, less galaxies in that direction was predicted, a dip was found, but then found not to correlate well with the direction of the cold spot. There is no huge empty hole found.