curprev07:5107:51, 12 October 2022 72.128.128.227talk 15,417 bytes+28 removed bias that hapgoods work was 'pseudo' scientific. His theories were reasonable for their time, and have been over run by mounting geologic and archeological evidence to the contrary. Regarding is his disagreement with continental drift, its wrong to say he 'denied the existent' as that is mere historicism. Until accurate measurements of continental drift could be taken, it is not a 'denial' to have an alternate theory.undoTag: Reverted
curprev07:4007:40, 22 November 2020 HermannaHessetalkcontribs 15,506 bytes+298 →Polar shift: removed "never" as Earth crustal displacement was a competing scientific hypotheses, added citation for conference on the topic with Einstein- taken from Einstein Archives Online "cite this" at http://alberteinstein.info/vufind1/Record/EAR000043944/TOC#tabnav. Noted additional evidence has disproven the theory, added citation for plate tectonics at Encyclopedia Brittanica which details the history and theory of plate tectonics. Revised sentence structure, corrected Hapggod.undo
curprev23:5123:51, 11 March 2020 31.21.17.1talk 14,801 bytes−641 The citation I deleted bore no relevance to the passage in question. If anything, it contradicted the passage. The passage claims that evidence contradicting Hapgood's position was found, whereas the citation stated that there was insufficient evidence to refute or substantiate the claim.undoTag: references removed