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    What caused the mechanism of Plate Tectonics to begin?

    Billions of years ago, something must have triggered rifts and the separation of the first landmasses into the first tectonic plates? Do we know what happened, when or how, and what Earth would have looked like at the time? Could water have played a part in this and to what degree? I'm...
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    Was Pangaea the surface of a smaller planet?

    I feel curious about Earth having one supercontinent in a global ocean; it seems a little lobsided. Could it be that, once upon a time, Earth was much smaller, and then water was added? If a small planet was somehow globally deluged (No, not Noah's Ark - millions of years earlier) would...
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    What are the chances of the Big Bang producing us?

    Firstly, thank you all for your input. Q. Why do I ask the question? A. Natural curiosity. I know that the chances of random or natural process getting things just right all the way from Big Bang to human awareness must be bogglingly tiny. Getting the right mix or balance to make even...
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    What are the chances of the Big Bang producing us?

    Has anyone yet asked a computer to calculate the chance of a Big Bang eventually forming thinking modern humans (e.g. Big Bang produces Brian Cox) purely by natural process and without some programme to channel things? If so, can anyone tell me (even approximately) what the result of this...
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    Red Shift - From Dark Material Or Recession?

    Hi! I'm new here and I have a question I hope you can help me with. I'm curious about the conclusion that our Universe is expanding and ask if the evidence of Red Shift is reliable enough - or, could the apparent Red Shift be caused by interference from Dark Energy/Matter distorting our...
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