People had been saying this since Europeans first mapped the coast of South America in the 1500s. No one denied they fit, they just couldn't explain the mechanism. Wegener proposed it in 1912 but was ignored because there was no proof until the seafloor spreading data
1990s middle school geography teacher taught us continental drift as ‘they’ll TELL you continental drift is real, but actually it’s fake. But you have to get the questions right on the test anyway.’
A child in the ‘70s [raises hand] said that very thing to his 4th grade teacher. She told me that was ridiculous. (She was one of my favorites … so I share this not as burn, but to illustrate a true reflection of the time.)
Actually in the 1970s when they measured magnetism in the mid Atlantic rift. Until then “continents do not move”. Excellent article in the New Yorker at the time.
Another ridiculed geologist said an Iridium layer suggested the dinosaur age came to an end due to a meteor strike
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He was an interesting guy.
Another ridiculed geologist said an Iridium layer suggested the dinosaur age came to an end due to a meteor strike