SNIP

However I jest. No the point is that Hapgood's theory got displaced instead and almost immediately by Tectonic Plate Theory. Yet one of Hapgood's greatest champions was also one of the greatest minds ever, Einstein.


"Support for this theory was given in a forward by Albert Einstein to one of Hagood's books in 1953:


Interestingly, though nothing to do with the weather, I am currently reading Brian Cox book on quantum physics (I like "life the universe & everything" books - I'm even coming to understand bits) Einstein was a disbeliever in quantum physics. Essentially he hated the idea that quantum physics only predicted probabilities.

Only goes to show that even the best of brains can be later proved to be wrong. Only Paul Garvey can always be totally certain.

None of this is refuting AGW by the way - anyone who reads my posts will know my view on the matter, basically take more care with what we are doing, or it'll come back and bite. This is especially true if the circulation flips to another setup. Something like that referred to in the Graham's NAD posts, which I didn't reply to, but found interesting. A slightly different view. I also hate the concentration of the argument on CO2, whilst the rainforests have been destroyed to such an extent that the Amazon basin is no longer a significant CO2 sink. (Google it & you'll see what I mean)

There have been various periods in the Earths history when the antarctic has been frozen, the arctic ice free. It would be interesting to know the circulation patterns from then

Graham
Penzance