tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post7690757313749591226..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Planet cupcakeGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-22273348649441401792014-07-04T21:55:57.173-07:002014-07-04T21:55:57.173-07:00Okay, to clarify, it was our old Reader's Dige...Okay, to clarify, it was our old Reader's Digest Atlas of 1963, and did not dwell on the Expanding Earth idea much, only saying that (at the time) the scientific evidence for plate tectonics was sketchy, but didn't rule it out either.<br />It's the idea that scientists are in some Grand Conspiracy against this week's brilliant new claptrap that gives the real agenda away.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827076515329274214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-17738240813185381612014-07-04T08:17:49.922-07:002014-07-04T08:17:49.922-07:00Found an old atlas in our books that promoted the ...Found an old atlas in our books that promoted the Expanding Earth theory, that it was Plate Tectonics that was conjecture and unproven. I think the expansion idea was not unlike a baking cupcake, that as it grows the Earth becomes less dense, like the way bread gets holes in it, even as its mass doesn't change.<br />Not saying I agree, but that sometimes even established science does change, after a second and third look at the evidence. Then again, those changes are based on things that can be tested and understood. The Cupcake Earth isn't half as crazy as some things.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827076515329274214noreply@blogger.com