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The human mind is one of the most complicated things on Earth. Just think that basically everything we have and know, whether it's a product, an explanation for a phenomenon, or something else, once was just an idea in someone's head that they felt brave enough to express and develop.
Yet, that doesn't mean that every single thought that pops up in your head can reach such success. Some ideas might theoretically have some potential but don't have enough going for them to be realized. Just like these, let's say, theories in today's list that various netizens had, but have no proof for. Interested? Make sure to check them out!
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#1
That our phones hear everything. I,ll mention something ramdom like “I kinda want a kayak,” and boom—suddenly, I’m getting ads for paddles and life jackets. Coincidence? I think not.
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#2
My dog's actual English vocabulary and literacy level is at least ten times my estimate from two years ago. She's hiding it from me, that much is certain.
Robert T 9 months ago
Animals are way smarter than we often think. I'm just happy when the neighbour's cat waves back at me when I wave at him (from two floors above I might add). Friend's cat, whom we often catsit, definitely understands the word "yoghurt" and generally seems to understand "don't be long" when I let him out and want him to come back in!
#3
Every single time a product is "New and Improved" the quality goes down and the price goes up.
Throughout our lives, we've all probably had some ideas that could have easily been turned into some kind of theory, maybe even a conspiracy one. Yet, to prove something like that you need evidence.
After all, that’s how everything gets proven (or disproven) in life – through the scientific method. Depending on the field, the procedure itself can vary, but the essence of the process is rather similar. Basically, it is coming up with an idea or hypothesis and testing it through experiments and analysis, which later serve to confirm or refute the evidence.
#4
Environmental factors like exhaust, products in our homes, etc. is causing more health problems than we realize or are willing to acknowledge.
Kathy Wilbourne 9 months ago
This one is so obviously true. Our bodies are not made to handle the incredible amount of environmental toxins that we are exposed to. Is it any wonder that chronic diseases are on the rise? Of course, those who profit from them want everyone to think it's a merely a conspiracy theory. But like too many conspiracy theories, the proof is coming.
#5
There is some *thing* that follows me from place to place that I've lived in. It hides my things. I've learned through the years to ask out loud if I can please have them back. Once I leave the room for a little while, when I go back in, I instantly find it usually in a place I already looked before or just sitting in a very obvious place like on my bed. I don't mention this to anyone irl because it makes me look crazy as f**k lmao.
Robert T 9 months ago
There is definitely a troll of some description that comes and puts greasy marks all over my glasses whilst they are on the bedside table at night!
Tyranamar Seuss 9 months ago
Everyone has the glasses troll. I try to handle my glasses very carefully. But despite it all, they always look like I picked them up by the glass part with my fingers covered in butter.
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Mark Childers 9 months ago
I have the same thing. Just recently, I had started eating peanut butter on a regular basis (never done that before), and I started getting "symptoms," like sores in my mouth and hives on my back, and I slowly started thinking I might have a mild allergy to peanuts that I never noticed before. About that time, a jar of peanut butter that was about 1/3 full vanished from my refrigerator. I think the spirits or "thing" took it knowing I was right about the allergy. They still have it, and my symptoms have vastly improved since I stopped eating it. It's annoying sometimes, but I kinda like having them around.
Dl B 9 months ago
There is a theory called the many worlds theory. It says there are an infinite number of universes and things are different in each. In some the dinosaurs didn't die or WW2 never happened. But in others the only thing different has to do with you. It may be that in one universe you leave your keys on the dining room table in another you leave them in the kitchen. In the universes that involve us we can randomly jump from universe to universe without knowing it. If you go to the kitchen to get your keys and you find them on the table it means you have jumped. Technically your family is not actually your real family but you can't really tell the difference. This kind of thing may happen many times. Don't worry the other guy is still wondering how his keys got out in the kitchen when he clearly remembers leaving them on the table.
Little Bit 9 months ago
You're not alone. In my house stuff disappears all the time and then turns up sometimes weeks or months later in the most random places.
Nice Beast Ludo 9 months ago
I think this is true for me as well. No matter what I organize or clean or move, something comes behind me and moves it again. Like I stacked my magazines extremely neat on my shelf and came back and they were haphazardly stacked and sticking out. I have a photographic memory when I put things away. I can remember where everything is down to each paper I file so it drives me f*****g bananas. And then there are the days I wonder if I actually am insane or have early onset dementia or if my imagination is so developed that I imagined myself putting everything away and in reality I did not.
Tim Gibbs 9 months ago
My cat and washing machine are communicating telepathically to lose one sock at a time, I have a draw full of odd socks!
kitten levels tokyo 9 months ago
Sounds like it's time to make Sock Puppets!
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S R Godwin 9 months ago
Yup. You are not alone in this. I call it a shout-out to the universe.
Glen Ellyn 9 months ago
I get annoyed with myself when I go looking for something, often going into every room in the house looking for it. On my second or third swing through the house, I discover that I've been looking right at it, right where I thought it should be. What's with that?? I think it's somehow connected to walking into a room and forgetting why you walked in there. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
superfluous 9 months ago
I have someone who is always listening to me and reporting what I say to the government. They keep a file on me because of my great aunt (I can't tell you what she did - they'll listen to you too).
#6
Women's clothing having no pockets is a conspiracy to sell more handbags.
Technically, evidence is proof of something being true or false. Yet, some argue that strictly speaking, science doesn’t provide proof, only evidence. Sound confusing? Bear with us.
As this article claims, proof implies there’s no room for error, and that something is 100% for sure. With the proper amount of evidence, we can make educated guesses, but it can never be 100%. There’s always a risk some new evidence can come in and destroy (or at least damage) everything we knew up to that point.
Still, it doesn’t negate the fact that some form of evidence is important when trying to prove something. Yet, in some cases, the hypothesis can seem rather likely (at least in someone’s mind) and doesn’t have that much confirmation behind it.
#7
A lot of people are in jail for crimes they did not commit when the actual culprit roams free. My suspect is that the percentage of this is much higher than people think specially in developing countries.
superfluous 9 months ago
And a lot of people are NOT in jail for crimes they DID commit because they weren't caught OR it couldn't be proved/cops couldn't wear them down to confess/couldn't find someone to give a reduced sentence to for their sworn statement of guilt on the part of the accused.
#8
That many humans are suffering from collective zoochosis, especially in urban environments.
Stephanie Did It 9 months ago
Had to look up zoochosis: A form of psychosis that develops in animals held captive in zoos. Most often, it manifests in what are called stereotypic behaviors, or stereotypies, which are often monotonous, obsessive, repetitive actions that serve no purpose. An example would be a lion's pacing or elephant rocking.
#9
All or most of the health problems that blame salt for are actually caused by sugar.
Today’s list is made exactly of such ideas. All of them were generated and shared by netizens in an online thread under the question "What's something you suspect but can't prove?" which, within 21 days on the internet, gathered over 1.7K responses.
Of course, we picked out the most intriguing ones for you to enjoy. For instance, someone believes, but has no way to prove, that our phones listen to everything we say. Probably quite many of us have thought a similar thing after we said something and eerily soon saw an ad about it.
#10
Tom Cruise doesn't do his own stunts. I don't believe that he's an amazing helicopter pilot, climber, can fly a jet, blah blah blah. He belongs to a cult which encourages lying, it's not that much of a stretch.
#11
Nobody read the end users license agreement.
While our phones have the capability to listen, they do not do that constantly. They are only activated by turning on the microphone in certain apps while using them or by triggering voice-activated features with wake words or buttons.
Then, how to explain those ads that seem to be just about what you discussed near your phone? Well, apparently it has more to do with advanced data collection and algorithms instead of eavesdropping. Usually, we don’t even realize how much tech companies collect data and how it tells so much about us that algorithms can be eerily predictive and convincing.
#13
That the audio quality for the Kendrick Lamar halftime show broadcast was intentionally poorer than it should have been so FOX could get audiences at home to whine about the woke black guy.
The recorded version I heard on Spotify yesterday completely changed my entire perspective on the show. It was phenomenal.
Nate Gilbert 9 months ago
Live music on tv have notoriously poor mixes, especially on a sports broadcast. The recorded performance is a totally different mix and has had time to be cleaned up/enhanced before release.
#14
Apple made their wired headphones longer when they released AirPods so that the wires caught on more things, thus demonstrating the need for wireless headphones.
#15
A huge amount of instigating comments on Reddit are not from real people but from paid actors with an agenda.
Nice Beast Ludo 9 months ago
Nah. A lot of people are complete d***s. Especially behind the reddit wall of anonymity
Well, who knows, maybe in the future someone will prove this explanation wrong and it will turn out that this person was right all along. And even if they don’t, knowing how much our phones know about us even without listening is quite scary, isn’t it? Well, that’s the price we pay for most free stuff online – as the saying goes, “If it’s free, you’re the product.”
Do you have your own theories you have no proof for? Share them in the comments!
#16
Luigi is innocent. And I don't mean Luigi did a public service and should be free on that basis, I just don't believe he did it.
#17
That high use of plastics are damaging human eggs/sperm leading to declining birth rates in highly developed countries.
#18
The screen is more sensitive for ads on Reddit than for posts. I'm not a programmer and I don't even know if this is possible, but it seems like anything I accidentally open on Reddit is always an ad.
Nice Beast Ludo 9 months ago (edited)
Bored Panda? The x's are so tiny you always inadvertently open the ad instead of closing it down
#19
That people simply do not want to be argued with.
Sure sure, everyone will say "Oh no, I like people who challenge me" but I actuality everyone just wants to be agreed with and nothing more.
PeepPeep the duck 9 months ago
I don’t like arguing but I do like the company of people with different views and opinions, it helps shape a better picture for me on whatever subject I may not understand or agree with. Learning is fun 😂
#20
The free contact lens cases that come with the contact solution have gotten much larger in the last 30 years, encouraging you to use the solution up faster.
#21
The TV show Inside Job was cancelled because one of the conspiracy theories was secretly true.
Ok, "suspect" is a strong word, but the idea amuses me and I certainly can't prove it.
#22
That we are all currently living a simulation. Everything is just so weird. It used to be so normal. No way to prove it… but I’m pretty sure that’s where we are.
#24
Dark matter is merely a mathematical convenience and does not in fact exist in any appreciable amount.
kitten levels tokyo 9 months ago (edited)
"A lot of mathematics, if sufficiently complicated, is indistinguishable from witchcraft." - Carl Sagan (Edit to correct spelling 🤦♂️)
When discussing theories or hypotheses that lack solid evidence, it’s helpful to understand how scientific discoveries and research unfold. Insights into how researchers investigate unique phenomena can deepen your appreciation of the scientific method.
For more on this, explore the fascinating mechanics behind animal movement and aerodynamics in this detailed exploration of a very unusual species: the science of gliding in nature.
What do you think ?
Carole G. 9 months ago
I think Elon bought his degrees rather than earned & graduated...I mean he bought the White House & didn't invent a thing. He must pay his minions for ideas & to build.
FABULOUS1 9 months ago
I think Elon's and Trumps plan is to completely bankrupt the US and leave the country. I also believe Trump will allow Russia to invade the US and they intend on putting black and brown people back in their place. I also believe that Elon helped Trump win, and the systems were hacked to give him more votes. I have never been a conspiracy anything type of person in my entire life, even though what I have said is the complete opposite and sounds crazy
Ria C. 9 months ago
I whole heartedly agree about the votes and I have never been a conspiracy person myself. My husband's voting party was changed before the election. He voted in the primary as a democrat but when he went to the polls in November it was changed. How the hell was that?? We do live in a red state but thankfully we live in a blue city.
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Charles Kormos 9 months ago
I wish I saw this sooner. "Tiger King", Carol Baskin. I live in Tampa. I worked with her at Town and Country Hospital in the early 1990s. That was not her name. She worked as a registered nurse. She was not a registered nurse. She couldn't start an IV. One day she gave me a ride home from work and all she talked about was Florida panthers. Who is she really?
Jemima Bauer 9 months ago
My theory is that nobody really likes watching sports on TV - they’ve just got good at mutually faking it because of peer pressure.
Jack Sonol 9 months ago
Given that the conspiracy theory about lightbulbs is true, I can only imagine the shenanigans modern corporations have gotten up to.
Mrs.C 9 months ago
My unproven conspiracy theory is that the Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni fude is entirely fabricated to get people to watch that trainwreck of a movie and it's gotten away from them. There was zero chemistry between any of the actors, the dialogue was stilted, the acting unbelievable, and they cut the soul out of the source material. They knew they made garbage so they contrived the entire fiasco to drive audiences in.
BoredLittleLeafSheep 9 months ago
My theory: black holes are the garbage disposals of the universe; they suck in everything and reduce it to its elemental components, then the elements ooze out into nebulae, where new stars and such are formed.
Carole G. 9 months ago
I think Elon bought his degrees rather than earned & graduated...I mean he bought the White House & didn't invent a thing. He must pay his minions for ideas & to build.
FABULOUS1 9 months ago
I think Elon's and Trumps plan is to completely bankrupt the US and leave the country. I also believe Trump will allow Russia to invade the US and they intend on putting black and brown people back in their place. I also believe that Elon helped Trump win, and the systems were hacked to give him more votes. I have never been a conspiracy anything type of person in my entire life, even though what I have said is the complete opposite and sounds crazy
Ria C. 9 months ago
I whole heartedly agree about the votes and I have never been a conspiracy person myself. My husband's voting party was changed before the election. He voted in the primary as a democrat but when he went to the polls in November it was changed. How the hell was that?? We do live in a red state but thankfully we live in a blue city.
Load More Replies... Charles Kormos 9 months ago
I wish I saw this sooner. "Tiger King", Carol Baskin. I live in Tampa. I worked with her at Town and Country Hospital in the early 1990s. That was not her name. She worked as a registered nurse. She was not a registered nurse. She couldn't start an IV. One day she gave me a ride home from work and all she talked about was Florida panthers. Who is she really?
Jemima Bauer 9 months ago
My theory is that nobody really likes watching sports on TV - they’ve just got good at mutually faking it because of peer pressure.
Jack Sonol 9 months ago
Given that the conspiracy theory about lightbulbs is true, I can only imagine the shenanigans modern corporations have gotten up to.
Mrs.C 9 months ago
My unproven conspiracy theory is that the Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni fude is entirely fabricated to get people to watch that trainwreck of a movie and it's gotten away from them. There was zero chemistry between any of the actors, the dialogue was stilted, the acting unbelievable, and they cut the soul out of the source material. They knew they made garbage so they contrived the entire fiasco to drive audiences in.
BoredLittleLeafSheep 9 months ago
My theory: black holes are the garbage disposals of the universe; they suck in everything and reduce it to its elemental components, then the elements ooze out into nebulae, where new stars and such are formed.
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