A Long Journey<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three scientists \u2014 Papaia, Banani, and Ravioli \u2014 and their assistant Igor, who work at NASAL, begin to take an interest in creationism. Their superiors, worried, send them to a psychologist, Professor Faggioli \u2014 a shady character determined to get them fired by making them look insane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re in Professor Faggioli\u2019s office, where Ravioli is undergoing an evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Papaia and Banani continue their conversation about the book Banani found in his garage, which belonged to his grandfather and discusses geological evidence for Noah\u2019s flood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Papaia: The Grand Canyon contains more layers with sand that must have come from very far away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravioli: Oh yeah? Which ones?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Papaia: The sandstone beds within the formations of the Supai Group, between the Hermit Formation and the Redwall Limestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravioli: Do we have evidence of wave marks?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Papaia: Yes, but in this case, the remnants of sand \u201cwaves\u201d point southeast, meaning the sand grains must have been deposited by water coming from the north and west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravioli: Let me guess\u2026 and up north and west, there’s no nearby source!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Papaia: Exactly \u2014 we find only the Redwall Limestone beneath the Supai Group, so there\u2019s no nearby source of quartz sand for those sandstone beds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravioli: So the quartz came from really far away?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Papaia: From an incredibly long distance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Igor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just like the sand in the flood, we too got carried far away by Papaia! I just hope our names don\u2019t get deposited\u2026 in the Terminated Files section of HR!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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