plate tectonics
Conspiracy theories tagged "plate tectonics."
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Debunked
Lemuria / Mu -- Lost Pacific Civilization
Lemuria began as a serious Victorian scientific hypothesis to explain lemur fossils. It was hijacked by Theosophists, reinvented as the lost continent of Mu, and became one of the most persistent alternative history myths of the modern era.
1864 · United Kingdom · Philip Sclater, James Churchward, Helena Blavatsky
Debunked
Expanding Earth Theory
The Expanding Earth theory claims our planet has grown significantly over geologic time. Once a serious hypothesis, now debunked by satellite geodesy and plate tectonics.
1889 · International · Samuel Warren Carey, Neal Adams, Ott Christoph Hilgenberg