An Early Incorrect Assumption About Plate Tectonics
Though the theories of plate tectonics now provide us with a modus operandi, they still seem to me to be a periodic phenomenon. Nothing is world-wide, but everything is episodic. In other words, the history of anyone part of the earth, like the life of a soldier, consists of long periods of boredom and short periods of terror.
Notes:
That they occur dramatically and infrequently; as opposed to our modern understanding of them being gradual and perpetual.
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Examples of Science Being Wrong
Important memes for understanding how we need to be humble about our supposed empirical certainty and always question the obvious.
TODO: Add a meme about the Tranquility Drug being used on laboring mothers.
