Hapgood’s Theory of Earth Crust Displacement !!! | |
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Duncan Kunz User ID: 431605 United States 05/12/2008 09:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Actually, Hapgood's hypothesis was never accepted because it required that the Earth act in ways which would've violated all the laws of physics; furthermore, the math simply didn't add up. A catastrophic sudden movement would not only have shifted Atlantis, it would have leveled everything on earth, and probably destroyed all multicellular life. What Hancock tried to do was not 'rescue' Hapgood's hypothesis but, since he couldn't explain the disapearance of Atlantis, he trotted out Hapgood's discredited idea and said, in effect, "See? Hapgood said the Earth shifted! That's what happened to Atlantis!" But that's like saying, "I know that Santa is real, because I woke up this morning and found presents under the tree!" There're other, more obvious and simple explanations for such phenomena: in the second case, it was your parents who put the presents there... ... in the first case, Atlantis "disappeared" simply because it probably never existed inthe first place. Where's the EVIDENCE, Jim? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 275112 United States 05/12/2008 09:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Actually, Hapgood's hypothesis was never accepted because it required that the Earth act in ways which would've violated all the laws of physics; furthermore, the math simply didn't add up. A catastrophic sudden movement would not only have shifted Atlantis, it would have leveled everything on earth, and probably destroyed all multicellular life. Quoting: Duncan KunzWhat Hancock tried to do was not 'rescue' Hapgood's hypothesis but, since he couldn't explain the disapearance of Atlantis, he trotted out Hapgood's discredited idea and said, in effect, "See? Hapgood said the Earth shifted! That's what happened to Atlantis!" But that's like saying, "I know that Santa is real, because I woke up this morning and found presents under the tree!" There're other, more obvious and simple explanations for such phenomena: in the second case, it was your parents who put the presents there... ... in the first case, Atlantis "disappeared" simply because it probably never existed inthe first place. Support for this theory was given in a forward by Albert Einstein to one of Hapgood’s books in 1953: |
Duncan Kunz User ID: 431605 United States 05/12/2008 09:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Support for this theory was given in a forward by Albert Einstein to one of Hapgood’s books in 1953: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 275112Albert Einstein was not a geophysicist; the fact that his theoretical work on relativity made him one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century does not give him a pass from being wrong on occassion -- such as this one. Besides, if you go to [link to www.flem-ath.com] You will see this quote: In his second reply (24 November 1952) to Hapgood, Einstein wrote that the idea of earth crust displacement should not be ruled out "apriori" just because it didn't fit with what we wanted to believe about the earth's past. What was needed, Einstein claimed, was solid "geological and paleontological facts." We did get those geological and paleontological facts, but it wasn't until the 1960's. Here's another quote from that same site: For six months, Hapgood gathered geological evidence to support the idea of an earth crust displacement. On the 3rd of May 1953 he forwarded thirty-eight pages of this evidence to Einstein. Central to his argument was Hapgood's evidence that Lesser Antarctica was ice-free at the same time that North America lay smothered in ice. Einstein responded (8 May 1953): "I find your arguments very impressive and have the impression that your hypothesis is correct. One can hardly doubt that significant shifts of the crust have taken place repeatedly and within a short time." He urged Hapgood to follow up on evidence of "earth fractures Hapgood's fatal flaw was his belief that, since Antarctica had at one time been ice-free (true) that it was therefore not at its present position in geologically recent times (false). However, the discovery oif Antarctic dinosaur fossils with very large eye-sockets is sound evidence that (1) Antarctica was ice-free at the time, since dinosaurs can't live in the ice; and (2) Antarctica was where it is now, since the dionsaurs were adapted for long periods of darkness which only exists at -- hold on now -- polar regions. Where's the EVIDENCE, Jim? |
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zacksavage User ID: 769520 United States 02/14/2010 05:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is the shit,...imo. Z Last Edited by zacksavage on 02/14/2010 05:47 PM Free your mind,...your ass will follow. --- parliament funkadelic |
zacksavage User ID: 891769 United States 02/15/2010 11:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Hapgood claimed that towards the end of the last ice age, around 12,000 years ago, the extensive mass of glacial ice covering the northern continents caused the lithosphere to ‘slip’ over the asthenosphere, moving Antarctica, during a period of at most several centuries, from a position in the middle latitudes to its current location, and at the same time rotating the other continents. Antarctica’s movement to the polar region precipitated the development of its ice cap. Similarly, by shifting the northern ice sheets out of the arctic zone, the end of the ice age was facilitated." You have to fight for your mind. Z Free your mind,...your ass will follow. --- parliament funkadelic |
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zacksavage User ID: 891769 United States 02/15/2010 12:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Goes against all laws of physics. Goes against OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE LAWS OF PHYSICS. It proves the ego of our present civilization. AND the idiocy. Someone could actually think that there WAS NO ATLANTIS. I love the minds or lack of on GLP. If our stupid little scientists, who can't even cure cancer, who can't understand the solar system, who can't really agree on our origin, THEY are the experts on the compexities of our planet! Quoting: toomuch 891776They Are??? Do ya have to be a card carrying member of some kind of Scientific cult/university to have your thoughts understood?? Z Free your mind,...your ass will follow. --- parliament funkadelic |
Full Circle User ID: 890668 Canada 02/15/2010 12:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do ya have to be a card carrying member of some kind of Scientific cult/university to have your thoughts understood?? Z Understood? Don't know. But beleived ? Likely. Born into this World We create echoes of our inward yearnings And Shift along the Axis From matter to Spirit - Scott Mutter |
Judge Judy Jew User ID: 891704 United States 02/15/2010 12:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Goes against all laws of physics. Goes against OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE LAWS OF PHYSICS. It proves the ego of our present civilization. AND the idiocy. Someone could actually think that there WAS NO ATLANTIS. I love the minds or lack of on GLP. If our stupid little scientists, who can't even cure cancer, who can't understand the solar system, who can't really agree on our origin, THEY are the experts on the compexities of our planet! Quoting: toomuch 891776Well put and you can add to this CLIMATEGATE!!! |
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Full Circle User ID: 890668 Canada 02/15/2010 12:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You too Zack! I still have questions in my mind about it all. If there is no shifting of the crust, what would have been the cause of an ice-free planet (no ice at the poles)? If global warming is not real, then what caused that? Born into this World We create echoes of our inward yearnings And Shift along the Axis From matter to Spirit - Scott Mutter |
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