Tag: Alfred Wegener
Mimetic Behavior in the Scientific Community
Sometimes the suppression comes from the government. The restriction on doctors’ freedom to use promising treatments during the pandemic was unprecedented.
Plate Tectonics: Why Life Is Served on Plates
The ground under your feet is literally moving. The continents are drifting apart near an average rate of one inch per year.
How to Think About Minority Science Views — The Case of Plate Tectonics
The idea that continents drift is now taken for granted, but it wasn’t always.
For Intelligent-Design Advocates, Lessons from the Debate over Continental Drift
A classic example of how the scientific community can radically change its mind, after decades of ridiculing an idea.