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Originally Posted by tomsolomon
The basic scientific pricipals, and common sense state, that the Earth at some time in its early life should have been covered completely in water.
Forgive my naivity, but I would have thought that this simple fact would have been obvious the most experienced of minds.
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I don't know about this idea being commonsense. By the time the Earth was cool enough to allow water to condense & form liquid pools on the surface, I think there would have been enough tectonic activity & also collisions from space in the early 'dirty' solar system, for there to be rises, shallows & deeps - ie. the water would have collected in the lowest points leaving quite a bit of solid surface clear.
Add to that the ongoing evaporation/condensation cycle & I don't think it's quite so 'commonsense.'
Just my opinion.