(January 13, 2018 at 1:28 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:I just want it on the record that my problem was directed at Haipule. It's not a belief I hold, I was just stating one of the many problems of his Expanding Earth "Theory".(January 13, 2018 at 12:46 am)LostLocke Wrote: Problem:Pangaea has nothing to do with the earth being smaller or flatter. Pangaea happened on an earth exactly the same size as now and of exactly the same shape. Its just the current continent were all at different locations such that they were all connected.
If Earth were shrunk to get the continents to fit together, it would be a bit bigger than 50% of its current size. At that stage, the surface gravity would be strong enough to crush any living thing on Earth, and also make Earth's crust denser than any material currently on this planet.
I know that continental drift fully explains the puzzle piece continents we have today. Expanding Earth as an explanation would, again, leave us with an Earth that would flatten anything on it. I don't see Expanding Earthers explaning that issue.
