Almo
28th September 2006, 09:52 AM
From http://www.princeton.edu/hubbert/about-ken.html
Before the 1960s, American geologists largely rejected arguments for continental drift. As it happened, an interesting article by L. C. King advocating continental drift arrived in Ken's AAPG Bulletin while he was isolated in the Army. Ken's reaction was that King's arguments seemed convincing. At Princeton in 1956, the faculty was largely against continental drift. (Not quite solidly against. A. F. Buddington, the beloved Dr. Budd, gave a lecture saying something was needed to explain the Permian glacial striations in South Africa. The undergraduates, mimicking McCarthy-era usage, announced that Buddington was "soft on continental drift.") In 1960, Harry Hess launched the scientific revolution by writing about sea-floor spreading. Suddenly, Princeton largely lined up for continental drift.
THIS is how skeptics are convinced of things. EVIDENCE!!!!
Before the 1960s, American geologists largely rejected arguments for continental drift. As it happened, an interesting article by L. C. King advocating continental drift arrived in Ken's AAPG Bulletin while he was isolated in the Army. Ken's reaction was that King's arguments seemed convincing. At Princeton in 1956, the faculty was largely against continental drift. (Not quite solidly against. A. F. Buddington, the beloved Dr. Budd, gave a lecture saying something was needed to explain the Permian glacial striations in South Africa. The undergraduates, mimicking McCarthy-era usage, announced that Buddington was "soft on continental drift.") In 1960, Harry Hess launched the scientific revolution by writing about sea-floor spreading. Suddenly, Princeton largely lined up for continental drift.
THIS is how skeptics are convinced of things. EVIDENCE!!!!