Of, of, mai baieti, greu cu voi. Cate exemple din astea am avut si lumea tot nu se invata minte...
Cat misto s-a facut doar in ultimul secol de Alfred Wegener si teoriile sale privind scoarta terestra si continentele "plimbatoare" ca a durat jumatate de secol pana la recunoasterea oficiala a acestui fapt:
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From 1912, Wegener publicly advocated the theory of "continental drift", arguing that all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have drifted apart.
The one American edition of Wegener's work, published in 1925, was received so poorly that the American Association of Petroleum Geologists organized a symposium specifically in opposition to the continental drift hypothesis. Also its opponents could, as did the Leipziger geologist Franz Kossmat, argue that the oceanic crust was too firm for the continents to "simply plow through". In 1943 George Gaylord Simpson wrote a vehement attack on the theory (as well as the rival theory of sunken land bridges) and put forward his own permanentist views.
By early 1953 samples taken from India showed that the country had previously been in the Southern hemisphere as predicted by Wegener. By 1959, the theory had enough supporting data that minds were starting to change, particularly in the United Kingdom where, in 1964, the Royal Society held a symposium on the subject.
Abia in anii 60 s-a acceptat o idee pe care un om cu bun simt o prezentase inca din 1912. Si se presupune ca in secolul 20 stiinta era la mare pret...