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Here is the "crackpot theory" that will earn me many downvotes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataclysmic_pole_shift_hypothe...

There is a heaping pile of physical evidence that the earth's rotation changed at the same time the sun had an ELE scale micronova as recently as 12,000 years ago. The theory is that, exactly like solar maxima and minima are on a predictable cycle, these micronovas are as well, about every 12,000 years.

We found flash frozen waves, instantly frozen animals, and all other manner of things that can only be caused by a sudden drop in the earth's temperature.

The theory is that the earth and sun's magnetic fields are interlinked (they are), and pole reversals in the earth are tied to the sun. The sun micronovas at the same time, which causes half the earth to freeze and the other half to cook. At the same time, the earth's rotation flips, causing massive tsunami's. There's evidence of the massive tsunamis if you look at the continental shelves on google earth. There are fission tracks on the moon and on earth that prove a solar event, although that information is closely guarded by NASA.

It's a fun theory. I don't rule it out at all. Check out suspicious0bservers.org and select videos from the Diehold Foundation (skip the religious videos).



Regions the size of the Earth do not "flash freeze" rapidly enough to stop waves or animals in their tracks. Radiative heat loss to space is simply not that efficient. Human-engineered flash-freezing works through direct contact with cryogenic surfaces or liquids, and even that takes hours.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_freezing

Your link directly contradicts the "heaping pile of evidence" of rapid shifts, and the proposed theory is not one of sudden (in a matter of seconds, or even centuries) shift, but at the order of millennia. Even that rate of movement has no supporting evidence:

While there are reputable studies showing that true polar wander has occurred at various times in the past, the rates are much smaller (1° per million years or slower) than predicted by the pole shift hypothesis (up to 1° per thousand years).[2][3][22] Analysis of the evidence does not lend credence to Hapgood's hypothesized rapid displacement of layers of the Earth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataclysmic_pole_shift_hypothe...

Anyone can propose a hypothesis.

Demonstrating it to sufficient degrees of robustness to be widely and generally accepted is another matter.

Note that this does in fact happen, as in the case of another geological crackpot theory now accepted as not only fact, but the core theory of all geology: plate tectonics. This occurred over the course of 50 years as increasing independent lines of evidence all pointed at the same conclusion:

- The correspondence of shapes of numerous continents.

- Similar geological formations and fossil records in now widely-separated regions.

- An understanding of the atom and nuclear chemistry, giving rise to radioactivity, the thermal engine driving geotectonics.

- Seismic observations of the Earth's interior.

- Seafloor surveys, including evidence of magnetic pole reversals, giving a timeline and estimate of seafloor spreading.

- Evidence of extrusion and subduction.

- Widely correlated zones of tectonic and volcanic activity.

Those are measures of proof that are sufficient to establish a given scientific (in this case, geological) fact and theory.

Naomi Oreskes has written several books and papers on how "continental drift" travelled from a fringe theory to accepted truth: https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=au%3Ao...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_development_of...




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