re: #819 SixDegrees

In an interesting aside: the uplift of the Himalayas, caused by the collision of the Indian subcontinent with Asia, is a key piece of evidence for continental drift.

And Alfred Wegener, the original proponent of continental drift, was utterly vilified and scorned for proposing this theory, and the ridicule - real, vitriolic, nasty ridicule - didn’t abate until decades after his death. That the source of that vilification was the scientific community, including such luminaries as George Gaylord Simpson, is a stain that’s not going away anytime soon.

Alfred Lothar Wegener - Science Denier.

Homer’s grandfather.