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Times People Were Confident About Science Despite Being Really, Really Wrong

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Science has long been plagued by outsiders who speak with false confidence. These individuals, often with little self-awareness and no formal study, voice their claims. The internet has given them a massive soapbox. On Reddit's r/confidentlyincorrect, users have posted egregious examples of bad science, from butchering physics to claiming fossils are fake.

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