This scientist thought he’d found the source of all sexual energy

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - 05:30 in Mathematics & Economics

Reich's "orgone accumulator" got him into trouble with the FDA. (Public Domain via FDA/)What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Apple, Anchor, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday morning. It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts, figures, and Wikipedia spirals the editors of Popular Science can muster. If you like the stories in this post, we guarantee you’ll love the show.FACT: Albert Einstein almost got conned into some serious sexual pseudoscienceBy Hannah SeoPsychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich thought he had discovered the cosmic source of all sexual energy. This energy, “orgone,” was supposedly a life-force of sorts. What’s more, Reich believed that a looser view of sex would free society from the psychological hang-ups preventing people from reaching their orgastic potential. He...

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