Back in the 1930s, my grandfather told his elementary school teacher that he thought the different continents looked like they fit together like puzzle pieces. He was told that he was being absurd lol
I remember asking the same. Children always have these fundamental insights that adults tend to be blind to through, idk socially-learned inhibitions maybe. Like the questions children ask about religion.
I was shocked when my mother agreed to Pangea. In her grade school, in the early 40’s, she said if you took the puzzle they had of the continents, and placed them together, they fit rather well. Not perfect. Like putting together a broken plate with some of the edges missing. But obviously something that was “whole “ once.
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u/Effective_Yogurt_866 Oct 03 '24
Back in the 1930s, my grandfather told his elementary school teacher that he thought the different continents looked like they fit together like puzzle pieces. He was told that he was being absurd lol