His_Desolate_Domain t1_iqyhj55 wrote on October 4, 2022 at 12:50 AM Reply to comment by KypDurron in TIL a German scientist named Alfred Wegener was ridiculed in 1912 for advancing the idea that the continents were adrift. Ridiculed as having “wandering pole plague.” or “Germanic pseudo-science” and accused Wegener of toying with the evidence to spin himself into “a state of auto-intoxication." by Hot----------Dog I mean, what evidence was there for the alternative, that was completely wrong? Permalink Parent 4
His_Desolate_Domain t1_iqyhj55 wrote
Reply to comment by KypDurron in TIL a German scientist named Alfred Wegener was ridiculed in 1912 for advancing the idea that the continents were adrift. Ridiculed as having “wandering pole plague.” or “Germanic pseudo-science” and accused Wegener of toying with the evidence to spin himself into “a state of auto-intoxication." by Hot----------Dog
I mean, what evidence was there for the alternative, that was completely wrong?