karmaismeaningless t1_ir06498 wrote on October 4, 2022 at 11:45 AM Reply to comment by CoolmanWilkins 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 https://youtu.be/T1-cES1Ekto I love this song. Permalink Parent 1
karmaismeaningless t1_ir06498 wrote
Reply to comment by CoolmanWilkins 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
https://youtu.be/T1-cES1Ekto
I love this song.