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Wild and Bemusing Earth Theories

Theories of the Earth that are mostly beyond--way beyond--the bounds of current science.
Abiogenic Petroleum
A series of articles and screeds by J. F. Kenney champions the Soviet school of deep-petroleum science but is more polemical than persuasive.
The Deep Hot Biosphere
Thomas Gold, a physicist by training, annoyed many scientists with his last theory that petroleum has nothing to do with dead dinosaurs.
Earth Expansion
James Maxlow's is the most palatable of a pitiable lot pushing for this long-rejected theory.
Growing Universe Consortium
Home site for a mailing list of people discussing this long-discredited theory.
The Hollow Earth
Steven Wagner introduces a menagerie of hollow-Earth theorists on the About Paranormal site.
The Hydroplate Earth
Walt Brown, Ph.D., delights creationists with a Flood-centered geophysics.
The Interaction Earth
Eugene Savov expands Earth and everything else in a unique "firework universe."
Intelligent Design Explained
This line of talk consists of four broken ideas.
The Nuclear Core
Marvin Herndon holds that Earth is powered by a giant ball of uranium.
Perigee Zero
Michael Davias and Jeanette Gilbride hold that Earth looks like it was deeply terraformed by comets over the last 15,000 years, making ice ages a disposable hypothesis.
Plate Tectonics
Yes, today's reigning theory was once considered totally off course.
True Polar Wander
A crazy idea resurfaces to knock Earth--and geology--upside the head.
The Tectonic Strain Theory of UFOs
Michael Persinger, a psychology professor at Laurentian University, has a long-standing line of research tying geophysical and psychic phenomena.
Shock Dynamics
John Michael Fischer says an asteroid impact sent the continents careening into their present places.
The Small-Comets Hypothesis
Little icy comets or processing errors? The story of a controversial theory.

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