[muawiyah]

Hardly ~ in fact, I read it in the library of the geology building at Indiana University in my undergraduate days.

Up until the publication of that particular study, it was mere conjecture. After the publication, it became accepted doctrine.

(NOTE: Nothing like being there at the foundations ~ remember, the past is not like the present ~ it really is stranger than you can imagine, unless you remember it.)

[King Prout]

your statement, dodger, was that NOT ONE SCIENTIST of his age EVER accepted his theory.

since then, you have backed off somewhat, saying "awww, shucks, he had his supporters and all, but..."

no "buts" about it, dodger.

Man up, admit your error, and promise to not do it again. You can cross your fingers behind your back, but I want your recantation on-record and absent of equivocation.