reply to post by rapunzel222
Yes, he did write the forward to Hapgood's book. That was written before plate tectonics was
established and before the oceans were understood. This is an appeal to authority and Einstein was
not a geologist. He made a number of mistakes including the assumption that the Earth's crust is rigid. Einstein was not aware of isostacy. When
Einstein conjectured that an ice build up could lead to an instability in the earth and a pole shift he made a series of mistakes:
1. isostacy - the earth depresses under accumulated weight
2. crust is not rigid - composed of a number of plates
3. plasticity of glacial ice - glaciers flow downhill
Although Einstein wrote a forward to a book outside of his realm of expertise it does not mean that the book is correct. Due to a lack of knowledge of
the mechanics of the situation, the point of instability postulated by Einstein is never reached for the 3 reasons given above.




