Hapgood was a kook. On Fri., 3 Mar. 2017, 5:20 pm Nani, <nani2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can't speak for Auchincloss Brown or Hapgood. And (knowing nothing about > cartography or geology) I hardly have a hypothesis so much as a fun > explanation for why the US might 'appear' to be lackadaisical about an > accepted global phenomenon. > > > That said, I sure would love to find out answers (but not alternative > facts!) 😏 to these questions: > > > > 1. How did those Siberian mammoths happen to have tropical grass in > their bellies? > 2. What event caused them to get buried alive by *that* much snow that > rapidly? > 3. How was it possible for ancient maps to be right about the existence > of a mountain range in Antarctica (that modern science only discovered > buried under a mile thick sheet of ice) and YET so wrong about that > entire > continent being tropical? > 4. Why is so much ice accumulating in Antarctica every year? Has this > been happening in perpetuity? > 5. If a trillion tons of ice piled up in just TEN YEARS, what effect, if > any, would long-term accumulation have on planetary motion? > > > Hapgood wasn't a kook (at least, Einstein didn't seem to think so), so I > for one am curious why there aren't published studies (or rebuttals) of his > ideas instead of passing scorn. > > BTW, I am new to this forum; the intent of my post was to stimulate > thought/discussion on a topic that I found interesting. No offence meant > (and none taken). :) > > Cheers, > Nani > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Charles Haynes <charles.hay...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > The first question to ask anyone with a wild new theory is - what would > it > > take to falsify your hypothesis? What evidence would convince you it was > > false? > > > > -- Charles > > > > On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 at 22:04 Nani <nani2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Slow Monday... figured this is as good a time as any to get folks wound > > up > > > a bit... :D > > > > > > THE ASTONISHING THEORIES OF CHARLES HAPGOOD AND HUGH AUCHINCLOSS BROWN > > > > > > Have you guys e > > > ver wondered why the most powerful nation on earth seems hellbent on > > > ignoring global warming, a phenomenon that virtually everyone is in > > > agreement as being real? > > > > > > Conspiracy theories are seen as being kooky; but what if, instead of > > > climate change denial, there is a 'conspiracy' of willful ignorance, > and > > it > > > is a GOOD one for the benefit of mankind? > > > > > > #1 Tropical Antartica: > > > Those of you who've watched "2012', the Hollywood blockbuster starring > > John > > > Cusack, may recall a far out reference to an "Earth Crust Displacement > > > Theory" espoused by a Prof Charles Hapgood. > > > > > > Turns out, this gent did solid research on the world of cartography, > and > > > unearthed scientifically accurate ancient maps describing Antartica and > > > other parts of the Earth that weren't "discovered" until centuries > later. > > > These maps were so sophisticated and accurate that they couldn't have > > been > > > created without the use of advanced math such as plane geometry and > > > spherical trigonometry; yet the ancient sources, on which they were > > based, > > > dated back to times when such knowledge purportedly did not exist. > > > > > > Apparently, Antartica was a tropical land, rather than a barren > icescape > > > with a mile-thick layer of sheet ice, as we know it today. Giant woolly > > > mammoths supposedly roamed the Arctic and the Antartic. Scientists have > > > found mammoths preserved under the Siberian permafrost - frozen solid > and > > > standing upright with the flesh on their bodies still intact - as a > > result > > > of being almost instantaneously covered by meters of snow/ice - due to > > > rapid climate change from tropical to arctic within a matter of hours. > > Now > > > here’s a mind-blowing fact - the undigested grass inside their bellies > > was > > > TROPICAL grass! > > > > > > Modern experts dispute segments of these maps that show South America > > > merging with Antartica. But what if there was no sea there at that > time? > > > What if these continents were indeed connected by a land bridge, much > > like > > > Sri Lanka and India were in antiquity? > > > > > > In fact, what if ALL places in the world that are deserts today, like > the > > > Sahara, Gobi, and Thar, were once colossal lakes or even completely > > > undersea? > > > > > > #2 Global Warming: > > > Here is an unreal but true factoid - the Earth accumulates billions of > > tons > > > of ice at the poles EVERY year - that is billions with a B! A satellite > > > study by NASA concluded in 2015 that the Antartic sheet had a net gain > of > > > 112 billion tons of ice EACH YEAR from 1992 to 2001, and 82 billion > tons > > > per year subsequently. That is a whole lotta ice! > > > > > > Back in 1948, an electrical engineer named Hugh Auchincloss Brown > > > postulated a wild theory that when this polar 'weight' becomes too > high, > > > once every 7 thousand years or so, the Earth "wobbles" on its axis and > > > "tips over", thereby causing the poles and equator to 'switch places' > > > rapidly, presumably to maintain centrifugal balance. > > > > > > If true, that might explain how Antartica could've been equatorial land > > > once. > > > > > > So what's the Conspiracy? > > > > > > HAB's fantastic theories have long been ridiculed, and Hapgood's > theories > > > have never been investigated at all. > > > > > > But here's the thing - WHAT IF the powers-that-be had secretly figured > > out > > > all along that a cataclysmic event was indeed on the brink of > occurring? > > > What if they have deliberately ALLOWED global warming to progress, > > thereby > > > causing the ice caps to melt at a controlled rate, sufficiently enough > to > > > reduce polar weight gradually without causing gigantic tsunamis that > > could > > > wipe out the human race?! > > > > > > Even within our lifetime the North Pole has changed from being an icy > > land > > > where intrepid explorers once walked and planted their flags, to a > > seascape > > > where ships can now sail through at all times of the year. Maybe when > > > outcomes were weighed in the balance, a few polar bears losing their > > > habitat wasn't the worst thing compared to the potential obliteration > of > > > mankind. > > > > > > Food for thought… ;) > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Nani > > > > > > References: > > > > > > https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nasa-study-mass-gains- > > of-antarctic-ice-sheet-greater-than-losses > > > > > > http://www.archive.org/stream/eathsshiftingcru033562mbp/ > > eathsshiftingcru033562mbp_djvu.txt > > > http://www.skrause.org/writing/papers/hapgood_and_ecd.shtml > > > http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2000/ft_linehan.html > > > http://www.knowledge.co.uk/velikovsky/index.htm > > > > > > http://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/198001/piri.reis. > > and.the.hapgood.hypotheses.htm > > > > > > http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/libraries/about/exhibits-new/ > > ONLobbyExhibits/deepfreeze.html > > > > > >
