Comment V3 Re: Amazing how long 'Continental Drift' was considered a crackpot theory

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John Tuzo Wilson: a Canadian who revolutionized Earth Sciences

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Amazing how long 'Continental Drift' was considered a crackpot theory (Score: 3, Interesting)

by marqueeblink@pipedot.org on 2014-03-25 22:51 (#TT)

By contrast, Darwin's 'Origin of the Species' apparently won nearly immediate and widespread acceptance throughout the scientific community; the deniers were in the minority. But the Continental Drift guys who, e.g. pointed out striking similarities in species between South America and Africa, were pariahs until Tuzo Wilson and his colleagues worked out the geologic details.

Re: Amazing how long 'Continental Drift' was considered a crackpot theory (Score: 2, Insightful)

by rocks@pipedot.org on 2014-03-27 19:36 (#V3)

That is a really interesting point. Especially now that the theory of evolution is far more problematic for segments of the lay-population and plate tectonics is virtually unchallenged.

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