Has there ever been anything originally dismissed as pseudoscience that was later proven to be legit? by nerbac in c/askscience@lemmy.world
[-] nerbac@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

Lamarckism isn't entirely false. Edited.

Has there ever been anything originally dismissed as pseudoscience that was later proven to be legit? by nerbac in c/askscience@lemmy.world
[-] nerbac@lemm.ee 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Lamarckian Theory was criticised for a long time but now we know it isn't entirely false, epigenetic changes that occur can actually be passed on.

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