The Continents Don't Move

...the outer portions of the basalt layer became solid and the wandering continents came to rest, frozen in place with the oceans between them. In spite of theories to the contrary, the weight of geologic evidence seems to be that the locations of the major ocean basins and the major continental land masses are today much the same as they have been since a very early period of the earth's history.

Notes:

Excerpt from Carson's book, where, in 1951, it was thought the continents are exactly where they have always been since the formation of the earth.

Folksonomies: falsified hypotheses

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The Sea Around Us

Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Carson, Rachel L. (1951), The Sea Around Us, Oxford University Press, New York, Retrieved on 2010-11-30

Folksonomies: nature

Schemas

08 JUL 2011

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.

Folksonomies: science pseudoscience mistakes scientific error