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The 'psychedelic fungus' theory for the Salem witch trials is an urban myth: www.popsci.com/science/sale...

popsci.comIn 1976, a college paper blamed the Salem witch trials on moldy bread. It wasn't true.Debunked within a year, the ergot theory still spreads like fungus on rye.

17/10/26, 3:05 am2 reposts11 likes

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There has to be a name for the phenomena of skeptics and ordinary people using a debunked theory because it "sounds like a rational explanation" for something weird/crazy for decades after it's been debunked, bc I heard the God Awful Movie guys repeat this theory in recent times.