Fugg_Your_Pronouns t1_iqy1s0e wrote on October 3, 2022 at 10:48 PM 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 She could have been a Christian teacher (young earth creationist) who didn't agree with the material in the book? Permalink Parent 3
Fugg_Your_Pronouns t1_iqy1s0e 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
She could have been a Christian teacher (young earth creationist) who didn't agree with the material in the book?