# Which fringe science theories will be proven true...

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 7, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fringe-science-theories-will-be-proven-true/61166 "2001-04-07T17:36:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fringe-science-theories-will-be-proven-true/61166/121 "2001-04-29T21:41:08Z")

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While no force known can reduce your age, your weight is a different matter…

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**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fringe-science-theories-will-be-proven-true/61166/122 "2001-04-30T06:57:04Z")

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> While no force known can reduce your age, your weight is a different matter…

Oh, no argument there. But my comment was that it was unlikely that someone could cast a spell that would cause this. And if someone can, I’m willing to pay some big bucks. Weight loss in this country is a billion dollar industry. A spell that could make it happen reliably would the biggest moneymaker since Bill Gates bought DOS.

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