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The unsolved mystery of the Earth blobs (2019)

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Re: The unsolved mystery of the Earth blobs (2019)

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Post by lovecg »

chasil wrote: post #2

My hunch would be that these large structures are the remnants of massive impactors from very early in the history of the formation of the earth.

From the comments on the article, more recent research suggests these are remnants of the giant collision that created the moon:

https://youtu.be/X-EZjEJc8Bo https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2021/pdf/1980.pdf

Re: The unsolved mystery of the Earth blobs (2019)

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Post by kuu »

It's interesting to read these kind of articles that show how little we know about some things.

In my case at least I have the general feeling that all is mostly solved by science, but I find it really interesting/motivational that we still have "simple" unsolved things around us (or under us ;) )

Re: The unsolved mystery of the Earth blobs (2019)

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Post by fsloth »

kuu wrote: post #8

It's interesting to read these kind of articles that show how little we know about some things. In my case at least I have the general feeling that all is mostly solved by science, but I find it really interesting/motivational that we still have "simple" unsolved things around us (or under us ;) )

"all is mostly solved by science"

I think this is a terrible misconception which I had as well in childhood (a MSc in physics cured me of that - I'm mostly as dumb and ignorant as without the degree sans some tiny areas of knowledge).

Maybe this misconception is caused by the popular faith in 'expertise' and the fact that only well understood phenomena make good news articles and popular science programs.

It's important to popularize current state of knowlegde but it also causes a fake perception of god like understanding of the world when in fact - what the human species has achieved through science is remarkable - but so very far from 'total knowledge'.

The daily question science asks are becoming more intricate, but we are as far from 'total knowledge' as ever, I think. We just see the rabbit hole going deeper and deeper. And it's fun!

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