# The Pollen Problem

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**Tags:** Science\
**Created:** [April 27, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-pollen-problem/17786 "2026-04-27T18:49:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![nathanlong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/edb3f5/32.png) [@nathanlong](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/nathanlong)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-pollen-problem/17786/5 "2026-04-29T01:27:53Z")

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The thing I like about this argument is that, unlike most, it’s not very technical. Everybody has experience with pollen.

If you consider:

- All types of plants grow at all elevations
- Pollen can be blown hundreds of miles and ends up everywhere, including the ocean floor, caves, and mines
- Pollen fossilizes very well

…It’s pretty hard to imagine it not ending up in all flood sediments in **abundance**. A counter of “one time somebody found it in a lower layer” would not explain the overall pattern. You would expect disturbances or mistakes to create false data points occasionally.

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