There are many different scientific theories. Some of them are quite understandable and simple. There are also those who are able to turn the world around and change the life of mankind. Only to understand them is not so simple. And if someone will manage to understand the essence of these theories, will he be able to continue living peacefully, knowing that the whole world is only an illusion, suppose?
1. The White Hole
The opposite of a black hole. A white hole is considered a hypothetical boundary of the universe, consisting of matter and energy. Inside it nothing can get. So it is believed, in practice, the existence of a white hole was not confirmed.
2. Copenhagen interpretation
The interpretation of quantum mechanics, formulated between 1925 and 1927 by physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberger, helps to understand why one and the same quantum particle can behave differently. According to the Copenhagen interpretation, the universe is split into every possible result of any action performed by man.
3. The Matrix Universe
Many tech experts and physicists are sure that the Matrix films can not be regarded as science fiction films. But there are also supporters of the theory that everything that we perceive as reality is in fact an illusion created by an incredibly complex artificial intelligence.
4. Traveling in time
The idea of traveling through time is borne for centuries. Today, some physicists are convinced that it is not so crazy. Even NASA admits that travel through the space-time continuum, in principle, can be accomplished through so-called wormholes in different points of space.
5. The Cold Sun
A British astronomer of German origin, William Herschel, made many impressive discoveries. He also suggested that the surface of the Sun is actually cold and inhabited by aliens, whose organisms have adapted to an excessively large amount of light.
6. Theory of phlogiston
Its author is the German alchemist Johann Becher. According to the theory, each combustible substance contains so-called phlogistons - a compound released under the influence of high temperatures.
7. Theory of Vasilyev
Put forward in the late 80's. The theory is so confusing and complex that many scientists try to avoid it. It is derived with a huge number of complex equations, is that the world in fact the world consists of electric, magnetic and other fields that represent all the known forces of nature and types of matter.
8. Theory of Panspermia
The first mention of it is found in the ancient Greek writings of the 5th century BC. Since then, a great number of scientists have worked on its improvement. The theory is that life exists throughout the universe, and it spreads with the help of meteorites, asteroids, comets. In fact, there is an unintended "contamination" of life.
9. Phrenology
It was once called "the only true science of the mind." Phrenology is based on the concept that there is a connection between the intellect, the psyche and the structure of the human brain and skull.
10. Lamb-vegetable
Probably one of the most crazy theories of the Middle Ages. According to her, the lamb-vegetable was half a plant, half-animal - with a stem and fluffy hair. Most likely, the basis of the theory is actually existing cotton - half-fluffy, half-plant.
11. Cosmic twins
The idea is that there are a limited number of gene combinations. And if the Universe is large enough - and she, believe me, is great, - there is a high probability that somewhere there exists an exact copy of each of us.
12. String theory
The essence of the theory is that everything in the world consists of tiny one-dimensional lines. For the first time it was formulated in the 60's.
13. The effect of Mandela
It is based on the existence of parallel universes. The Mandela effect is a pseudoscientific theory that explains the difference between memories and reality through changes in the past on the timeline. Why Mandela? Because he was considered dead in the 1980s, although in fact the figure died at home in 2013.
14. Thoughts of pregnant women
Classical gynecology once believed that future mothers with the help of thoughts can confer unborn children with certain qualities. For some time this theory was even used to account for cases of infant diseases, defects and depressions in adolescence.
15. The Slowdown of the Universe
The Big Bang theory suggests that the universe expanded so rapidly under the influence of dark energy. But research on supernovae and their location in space show that in fact, the expansion of the universe may not be such a fast process.
16. Heliocentrism
Today, the theory of heliocentrism is accepted by almost all scientists. When Nicolas Copernicus first voiced in 1543 that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun, it was a shock.
17. Dark matter
Dark matter is a hypothetical matter that can be in the universe. She was never seen, and certainly never studied. That is, it may not exist. But there are scientists who believe that almost 70% of the universe consists of dark matter.
18. Transmutation of species
The authorship of the theory belongs to Jean Baptiste Lamar who described the transmutation of species in his book The Philosophy of Zoology. Simply put, the scientist suggested that new species appear due to the transformation of existing ones.
19. The Theory of Gaia
It consists in the fact that all living organisms developed with an inorganic environment, as a single living system that affects the Earth. Some scientists still believe that this system is responsible for global temperature, atmospheric composition, ocean salinity and other factors.
20. The butterfly effect
Part of the theory of chaos. The butterfly effect is based on the concept that small factors can lead to serious consequences. That is, "even a small butterfly wing can at some point become a typhoon capable of destroying half the world."
21. The Island of California
One of the most famous cartographic errors in history - once believed that California is an island. On maps of the XVI century, this inaccuracy is often found. Only in 1747 the Spanish King Ferdinand VI issued a decree recognizing that in fact, California is not an island.
22. The Dark Triad
Psychological concept, based on three negative qualities of the person: narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy. People, in the nature of which all the qualities of the triad are present, more often become criminals.
23. The Holographic Universe
For the first time it was voiced in the 90's and immediately condemned, considering some sort of sci-fi madness. But recent studies of disturbances in the cosmic microwave background indicate that it is not so unrealistic - the existence of a holographic universe.
24. The Zoo hypothesis
Its supporters believe that people are constantly watched by representatives of supramental extraterrestrial civilizations. According to the same hypothesis, aliens will never come out with us because they want us to evolve naturally without their intervention.
25. Unknown Southern Earth
Terra Australis is a hypothetical continent, once found in the Southern Hemisphere. There was no evidence of its existence, but some scientists of the Renaissance considered that the earth's firmament of the Northern Hemisphere must necessarily balance something in the Southern hemisphere.