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If he was 100% aware of the status plate tectonics had at the time Tolkien was writing them he should not have criticized him as he did.
by CrazyStat 4y ago
If he was 100% aware of the status plate tectonics had at the time Tolkien was writing them he should not have criticized him as he did.
- peace4all 4y agoMaybe he was just sarcastic? It’s a no brainer that a person cannot be equally oriented both in linguistics and in geology. ... So it would be quite possible to declare an amnesty to the Professor at this place: they say, an offense undoubtedly took place, but it does not pose a particular public danger.
- CrazyStat 4y agoI find it hard to read the extended discussion of plate tectonics as sarcasm. It's not a single throwaway sentence, it's multiple paragraphs.