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Re:The strange disappearance of Mrs Agatha Christie (2022) by n3storm on Saturday September 23, 2023 @03:11PM (#37626385)
At that time "mesmerism" was sold as possible new branch of science that will properly explain after life, ghost, etc. without religion.

Obviously was a reboot/remake/remix "product" perfectly crafted for a new public as sceptics like Sir Conan Doyle.

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Re:The strange disappearance of Mrs Agatha Christie (2022) by vajrabum on Saturday September 23, 2023 @04:52PM (#37627441)
Maybe, but the chronology is a little off--Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815) famous for mesmerism (hypnosis).
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Re:The strange disappearance of Mrs Agatha Christie (2022) by n3storm on Thursday September 28, 2023 @05:31PM (#37696183)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355869037_Arthur_Co...
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Re:The strange disappearance of Mrs Agatha Christie (2022) by babyshake on Saturday September 23, 2023 @05:16PM (#37627630)
It's easy in hindsight to see these types of things as being ridiculous and obviously bunk. We do have the equivalents today, although YMMV on what you think is the modern day "mesmerism".
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Re:The strange disappearance of Mrs Agatha Christie (2022) by the_af on Saturday September 23, 2023 @07:25PM (#37628598)
Why wouldn't today's "mesmerisms" be just as ridiculous? I don't think the mockery is about "absurd things people back then believed" but about "gullible people who will believe all sorts of things".

I think Conan Doyle was a very gullible man for his time. He would have been gullible for today's quakery if he was still alive.

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Re:The strange disappearance of Mrs Agatha Christie (2022) by n3storm on Thursday September 28, 2023 @05:34PM (#37696208)
They may started as legit investigations but I doubt they did not realise soon it was a dead end and still keep selling seances and look for funds to keep their research.
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