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Individual-Jaguar885 t1_iqxjch7 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] 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

How is that a cop out? Genuinely not sure what you mean

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gasman245 t1_iqxk08p wrote

Yeah really, it’s an honest answer. Would you prefer they make something up with no evidence?

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