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9 strange but plausible theory that you never questioned
The obvious things are not always as such, especially if they think without looking at the "authoritative opinion" 
In life there are things we simply take for granted. We hear them enough times by influential people, and never try to make sense of what we were told, and why do we blindly believe in it. Listed below are a number of theories that at first sight seem strange. Nevertheless, they sound quite convincing and have a right to exist.
1. All political extremists believe in one and the zhe
For a description of opposite political views, we often use the terms "left" and "right." Sometimes these terms are replaced by "liberals" and "conservatives." It is believed that these terms are based on the idea of social equality. In fact, a lot of differences between them. They have different approaches to the economy, foreign policy, religion and even environmental issues. Sami these terms come from France of the XVIII century, this is where policies have diametrically opposed views, occupied by two opposite side of the hall of the National Assembly. Since then, political views for the convenience of presentation have made on the same line. That is, they may be the extreme left, extreme right, or moderate.
But there are so-called "Theory of a horseshoe," which says that the line, which are arranged conventionally political views, not straight. She bends like a horseshoe above. At the ends of the line are the most radical political views. And as soon as they become ultra-radical views, the line bends as possible, and "the ends of the horseshoe" connected. For example, you can take socialism on the left and fascism on the right. In essence, these political views are similar in many respects, and their key feature is that they put the collective good over individual interests.
2. We all perceive color in raznomu
No dispute about the color of the sky. We all point to him and say "blue", since as we know the name of that color. But what if what we perceive as "blue", different color from that sees the person next to us? Each color has an objective definition, related to the wavelength of light, and we have a light-sensitive cells that are objectively transmit color information to the brain. But according to research conducted on monkeys at the University of Washington, the brain is not strictly defined ways to interpret this information. By manipulating genes, it can be done so that the brain will perceive the color blue as he usually sees red. In addition, it is possible that other people perceive colors the whole life in this "upside-down" manner: they look at the sky and see where the color you see when you look at the strawberries, and vice versa. There is no way to know for sure what other people see when considering a particular image. We do not have a "starting point" to describe the color, but our personal experience of viewing of various colors.
3. Aggressive behavior is useful for zdorovya
Bullies have long been regarded as cowards who attack others in an attempt to compensate for the problems in the family, or his innate sociopathy. Perhaps so, but it is also possible that the aggressive behavior - is an active process designed to protect the body. The experts at Duke University studied the behavior of 1,000 volunteers in different situations, in different periods of life, from the age of nine. Among the subjects experts identified a number of bullies, bullying others, as well as people who've be both bullies and victims. The "pure bullies" for a long time been very low levels of C-reactive protein, a substance that is associated with a variety of inflammation in the body and heart disease. You may decide that simply hooligans were the only people in the healthy group of subjects. But according to researchers, it is not. Even after adjusting for other variables, and harmful factors from bullies still remains the lowest level of C-reactive protein. According to one version, this means that in humans nature has a tendency to abuse, and they need them in order to stimulate their health.
4. People with autism giperchuvstvitelny
It is believed that children with autism are not interested in social interaction. And one of the main indicators of autism is a lack of empathy. However, a new study put forward a completely different idea. Supporters of the "Theory of hypersensitivity" say that autistic children turn away from the world is not because he does not care, but because they are hypersensitive, and they have some problems that prevent them cope with the flow of information coming into the brain. The researchers note that during rest the minds of children. The researchers note that during rest the minds of autistic children show electrical activity 42% higher than normal. This suggests that autism is not a mental defect, as previously thought, it may be the result of a huge mental overload.
5. Obesity extends zhizn
In developed countries, obesity has become a serious problem. We struggle with excess weight, because frankly believe that being overweight is killing us. However, for some people, obesity may be quite acceptable for this. Cardiologist John Laver describes this phenomenon as the "obesity paradox." He says: "Although obesity is an indication of a number of diseases, once these diseases start to develop, their results in obese men is not as grim as in people with normal weight».
Laver did such a conclusion is not only based on their own research, but also on the basis of a number of scientific discoveries of the last decade. Among patients with heart disease mortality by 30-50% lower than those who have excess weight.
6. USSR defeated Japan during World voyny
History of the Second World War, and especially its ending, now known to all. Japan during the war was forced to sign an unconditional surrender after the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, recent studies support a totally different view of this historic moment, which is little known outside academic circles: the surrender of Japan to the Soviet Union pushed. According to this version, the Japanese leaders and not think to give up after a nuclear bomb. The damage from it was disastrous, but not definitive. The details of how to end the war could have been very important for Japan. They wanted to avoid a trial for war crimes, wanted to keep the imperial system, and would keep the territory that have received. After the attack on Hiroshima, the Japanese hoped neutral Board agreed with the United States in exchange for the Asian territory. However, Stalin declared war on Japan, and attacked Manchuria. Has not received any aid from the USSR, Japan was faced with the prospect of war on two fronts. For Germany, this war ended in disaster. In addition, Japan's main objective, maintaining imperial system would be unachievable under Soviet occupation. As a result, they decided to give to those who at the time it seemed the lesser of two evils - the United States.
7. Early Christians used the hallucinogenic griby
This theory argues that Christianity developed from earlier cults associated with the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Researcher "Dead Sea Scrolls" John Allegro tracing the biblical writings until they Sumerian origins, argues that repeatedly found references to hallucinogenic mushrooms, note that it is not so easy if you do not know where to look. Data from the Christianity of the XVIII century confirm this theory. The fresco in the church Plenkuro, in France, the Tree of Life is represented in the form of a mushroom. These points and many others suggest that, as in other denominations of that time, the understanding of the Christian religion could be the result of psilocybin mushrooms.
8. Acceleration and gravity does not proportsionalny
The mathematical laws of gravity do not work on a galactic level. In theory, galaxies should fly apart in different directions at high speed, and the main criterion, which determines the speed - distance from the galactic center of the universe. In fact, the galaxies are moving away is not as fast as anticipated Newton's laws. The generally accepted explanation for this weirdness assumed that unobserved "dark matter" is many times heavier than ordinary matter, and all this is supported by a huge number of mathematical calculations. Unfortunately for this theory, we have never seen dark matter (because we are, by definition, can not do).
An alternative theory, based on a modified Newtonian dynamics, making some changes in the laws of Newton at low levels of acceleration. This theory states that gravity is not directly proportional to the mass, as is commonly believed. Instead, it is proportional to the mass of "secondary factor", which is reduced to low levels gravity. This theory explains the problem of motion of galaxies without dark matter to business. The first theory put forward in 1983, is now discussing it again, and it is possible that this could lead to a revision of the whole concept of dark matter and gravity.
9. Universe vechna
According to the theory of cyclical universe, the universe did not just start with the Big Bang. Matter and heat present universe will be scattered over many trillions of years. After that, the universe shrinks to a single point, which again explode, marking the beginning of a new universe. The Higgs boson adds depth to this idea. What causes the universe to the "collapse" and for the next explosion? Too much exposure to the Higgs boson. If the Higgs field that permeates all space and time, begins to experience too much stress, the universe is waiting for the inevitable collapse. We were not born as a result of a single enormous explosion. We just get stuck on a strip of giant quantum eraser.
via factroom.ru
In life there are things we simply take for granted. We hear them enough times by influential people, and never try to make sense of what we were told, and why do we blindly believe in it. Listed below are a number of theories that at first sight seem strange. Nevertheless, they sound quite convincing and have a right to exist.
1. All political extremists believe in one and the zhe
For a description of opposite political views, we often use the terms "left" and "right." Sometimes these terms are replaced by "liberals" and "conservatives." It is believed that these terms are based on the idea of social equality. In fact, a lot of differences between them. They have different approaches to the economy, foreign policy, religion and even environmental issues. Sami these terms come from France of the XVIII century, this is where policies have diametrically opposed views, occupied by two opposite side of the hall of the National Assembly. Since then, political views for the convenience of presentation have made on the same line. That is, they may be the extreme left, extreme right, or moderate.
But there are so-called "Theory of a horseshoe," which says that the line, which are arranged conventionally political views, not straight. She bends like a horseshoe above. At the ends of the line are the most radical political views. And as soon as they become ultra-radical views, the line bends as possible, and "the ends of the horseshoe" connected. For example, you can take socialism on the left and fascism on the right. In essence, these political views are similar in many respects, and their key feature is that they put the collective good over individual interests.
2. We all perceive color in raznomu
No dispute about the color of the sky. We all point to him and say "blue", since as we know the name of that color. But what if what we perceive as "blue", different color from that sees the person next to us? Each color has an objective definition, related to the wavelength of light, and we have a light-sensitive cells that are objectively transmit color information to the brain. But according to research conducted on monkeys at the University of Washington, the brain is not strictly defined ways to interpret this information. By manipulating genes, it can be done so that the brain will perceive the color blue as he usually sees red. In addition, it is possible that other people perceive colors the whole life in this "upside-down" manner: they look at the sky and see where the color you see when you look at the strawberries, and vice versa. There is no way to know for sure what other people see when considering a particular image. We do not have a "starting point" to describe the color, but our personal experience of viewing of various colors.
3. Aggressive behavior is useful for zdorovya
Bullies have long been regarded as cowards who attack others in an attempt to compensate for the problems in the family, or his innate sociopathy. Perhaps so, but it is also possible that the aggressive behavior - is an active process designed to protect the body. The experts at Duke University studied the behavior of 1,000 volunteers in different situations, in different periods of life, from the age of nine. Among the subjects experts identified a number of bullies, bullying others, as well as people who've be both bullies and victims. The "pure bullies" for a long time been very low levels of C-reactive protein, a substance that is associated with a variety of inflammation in the body and heart disease. You may decide that simply hooligans were the only people in the healthy group of subjects. But according to researchers, it is not. Even after adjusting for other variables, and harmful factors from bullies still remains the lowest level of C-reactive protein. According to one version, this means that in humans nature has a tendency to abuse, and they need them in order to stimulate their health.
4. People with autism giperchuvstvitelny
It is believed that children with autism are not interested in social interaction. And one of the main indicators of autism is a lack of empathy. However, a new study put forward a completely different idea. Supporters of the "Theory of hypersensitivity" say that autistic children turn away from the world is not because he does not care, but because they are hypersensitive, and they have some problems that prevent them cope with the flow of information coming into the brain. The researchers note that during rest the minds of children. The researchers note that during rest the minds of autistic children show electrical activity 42% higher than normal. This suggests that autism is not a mental defect, as previously thought, it may be the result of a huge mental overload.
5. Obesity extends zhizn
In developed countries, obesity has become a serious problem. We struggle with excess weight, because frankly believe that being overweight is killing us. However, for some people, obesity may be quite acceptable for this. Cardiologist John Laver describes this phenomenon as the "obesity paradox." He says: "Although obesity is an indication of a number of diseases, once these diseases start to develop, their results in obese men is not as grim as in people with normal weight».
Laver did such a conclusion is not only based on their own research, but also on the basis of a number of scientific discoveries of the last decade. Among patients with heart disease mortality by 30-50% lower than those who have excess weight.
6. USSR defeated Japan during World voyny
History of the Second World War, and especially its ending, now known to all. Japan during the war was forced to sign an unconditional surrender after the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, recent studies support a totally different view of this historic moment, which is little known outside academic circles: the surrender of Japan to the Soviet Union pushed. According to this version, the Japanese leaders and not think to give up after a nuclear bomb. The damage from it was disastrous, but not definitive. The details of how to end the war could have been very important for Japan. They wanted to avoid a trial for war crimes, wanted to keep the imperial system, and would keep the territory that have received. After the attack on Hiroshima, the Japanese hoped neutral Board agreed with the United States in exchange for the Asian territory. However, Stalin declared war on Japan, and attacked Manchuria. Has not received any aid from the USSR, Japan was faced with the prospect of war on two fronts. For Germany, this war ended in disaster. In addition, Japan's main objective, maintaining imperial system would be unachievable under Soviet occupation. As a result, they decided to give to those who at the time it seemed the lesser of two evils - the United States.
7. Early Christians used the hallucinogenic griby
This theory argues that Christianity developed from earlier cults associated with the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Researcher "Dead Sea Scrolls" John Allegro tracing the biblical writings until they Sumerian origins, argues that repeatedly found references to hallucinogenic mushrooms, note that it is not so easy if you do not know where to look. Data from the Christianity of the XVIII century confirm this theory. The fresco in the church Plenkuro, in France, the Tree of Life is represented in the form of a mushroom. These points and many others suggest that, as in other denominations of that time, the understanding of the Christian religion could be the result of psilocybin mushrooms.
8. Acceleration and gravity does not proportsionalny
The mathematical laws of gravity do not work on a galactic level. In theory, galaxies should fly apart in different directions at high speed, and the main criterion, which determines the speed - distance from the galactic center of the universe. In fact, the galaxies are moving away is not as fast as anticipated Newton's laws. The generally accepted explanation for this weirdness assumed that unobserved "dark matter" is many times heavier than ordinary matter, and all this is supported by a huge number of mathematical calculations. Unfortunately for this theory, we have never seen dark matter (because we are, by definition, can not do).
An alternative theory, based on a modified Newtonian dynamics, making some changes in the laws of Newton at low levels of acceleration. This theory states that gravity is not directly proportional to the mass, as is commonly believed. Instead, it is proportional to the mass of "secondary factor", which is reduced to low levels gravity. This theory explains the problem of motion of galaxies without dark matter to business. The first theory put forward in 1983, is now discussing it again, and it is possible that this could lead to a revision of the whole concept of dark matter and gravity.
9. Universe vechna
According to the theory of cyclical universe, the universe did not just start with the Big Bang. Matter and heat present universe will be scattered over many trillions of years. After that, the universe shrinks to a single point, which again explode, marking the beginning of a new universe. The Higgs boson adds depth to this idea. What causes the universe to the "collapse" and for the next explosion? Too much exposure to the Higgs boson. If the Higgs field that permeates all space and time, begins to experience too much stress, the universe is waiting for the inevitable collapse. We were not born as a result of a single enormous explosion. We just get stuck on a strip of giant quantum eraser.
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