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		AnIdiotOnTheNet on Feb 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Missing radioactive capsule found in WA outback af... Actually "haunted" locations are often linked to carbon monoxide and infrasound, IIRC. We generally don't blame ghosts for mysterious burns or other signs of radiation sickness.

undersuit on Feb 1, 2023 [–]

We don't, but a society that doesn't know about radiation or even elementary particles may.

The village doctor in the 1500s diagnosing radiation sickness would be even more of a quack than the one that doesn't apply enough leeches.

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