# Has any modern woo been accepted as real science? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 23, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-modern-woo-been-accepted-as-real-science/1018724 "2025-05-23T23:29:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-modern-woo-been-accepted-as-real-science/1018724/101 "2025-06-03T23:08:30Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > (when did we stop saying woo-woo?) When Shemp replaced Curly. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-modern-woo-been-accepted-as-real-science/1018724/102 "2025-06-03T23:23:24Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > I don’t know, but I want it brought back! You’re timing is great. > **[Embrace the woo woo](https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/05/15/embrace-the-woo-woo)** > > Donald Trump’s quest for a surgeon general meets man’s search for meaning ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-modern-woo-been-accepted-as-real-science/1018724/103 "2025-06-04T00:25:17Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > > [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > > > (when did we stop saying woo-woo?) > > I don’t know, but I want it brought back! Seems to me about the time we stopped having choo choo trains. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-modern-woo-been-accepted-as-real-science/1018724/104 "2025-06-04T01:32:54Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > > [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > > > (when did we stop saying woo-woo?) > > I don’t know, but I want it brought back! Jeffery Osbourne has got you covered: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/h4q3ARD3O78/maxresdefault.jpg "You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4q3ARD3O78) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-modern-woo-been-accepted-as-real-science/1018724/105 "2025-06-04T02:07:07Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > When Shemp replaced Curly. But it was introduced when Curly replaced Shemp. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-modern-woo-been-accepted-as-real-science/1018724/106 "2025-06-04T14:57:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Seems to me about the time we stopped having choo choo trains. Leaving us with only choo trains. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-modern-woo-been-accepted-as-real-science/1018724/107 "2025-06-04T15:35:49Z")
As long as their whistles still go woo woo I’ll be happy. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-modern-woo-been-accepted-as-real-science/1018724/108 "2025-06-07T11:21:15Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I once was knocked halfway across the room when attempting to change the channel on a knobless Admiral portable black-and-white TV with a pair of pliers. > > The endorphin rush from that electrical impulse alleviated a bad headache I was having at the time. Or the shock unstuck my qi. Hard to say. A major league baseball pitcher once credited an electric shock with curing his shoulder pain. > [@](#): > > When he was pitching in the minor leagues in 1999, Roy Oswalt hurt his shoulder, and might have torn something. A few days later he was checking the spark plugs on his truck when he inadvertently touched a wire and his truck started, sending a surge of electricity through Oswalt, whose hand was still on the plug. He reportedly held on to the plug for several seconds, until he fell away from the truck. According to Oswalt, after the incident his shoulder felt fine, and he never felt pain again. In a _Sports Illustrated_ article years later, Roy told his wife, “My truck done shocked the fire out of me, and my arm don’t hurt no more.” > **[Did accidental electric shock therapy give Roy Oswalt his blazing fastball? –...](https://baseballegg.com/2020/08/01/did-accidental-electric-shock-therapy-give-roy-oswalt-his-blazing-fastball/)** > > When he was pitching in the minor leagues in 1999, Roy Oswalt hurt his shoulder, and might have torn something. A few days later he was checking the spark plugs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-modern-woo-been-accepted-as-real-science/1018724.md?page=5)