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[[File:Toba, or not Toba.jpg|thumb|"'''Toba, or not Toba'''".]]"'''Toba, or not Toba'''" is the opening phrase of a soliloquy given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "geology scene" of William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet'', Act 3, Scene 1.
[[File:Toba, or not Toba.jpg|thumb|"'''Toba, or not Toba'''".]]"'''Toba, or not Toba'''" is the opening phrase of a soliloquy given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "geology scene" of William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet, Prince of Geologists'', Act 3, Scene 1.


In the speech, Hamlet contemplates death and catastrophe, bemoaning the pain and unfairness of the Toba supervolcano but acknowledging that the catastrophe theory might be overstated.
In the speech, Hamlet contemplates death and catastrophe, bemoaning the pain and unfairness of the Toba supervolcano but acknowledging that the catastrophe theory might be overstated.
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File:Peak drainage basin.jpg|link=Peak drainage basin|'''[[Peak drainage basin]]''' is the moment at which erosion of drainage basins reaches a rate greater than that at any time in the past and starts to decrease.
File:The Lord of the Danes.jpg|link=The Lord of the Danes|'''''[[The Lord of the Danes]]''''' is an epic Shakespearean play about a prince of Gondor (Hamlet) whose attempts to exorcise the ghost of his father lead to madness, betrayal, and murder.
File:The Lord of the Danes.jpg|link=The Lord of the Danes|'''''[[The Lord of the Danes]]''''' is an epic Shakespearean play about a prince of Gondor (Hamlet) whose attempts to exorcise the ghost of his father lead to madness, betrayal, and murder.


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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1470394933735477252 Post] @ Twitter (13 December 2021)


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory Toba catastrophe theory] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory Toba catastrophe theory] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_be,_or_not_to_be To be, or not to be] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_be,_or_not_to_be To be, or not to be] @ Wikipedia


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[[Category:Crimes against geological constants]]
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Latest revision as of 07:16, 7 February 2024

"Toba, or not Toba".

"Toba, or not Toba" is the opening phrase of a soliloquy given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "geology scene" of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Prince of Geologists, Act 3, Scene 1.

In the speech, Hamlet contemplates death and catastrophe, bemoaning the pain and unfairness of the Toba supervolcano but acknowledging that the catastrophe theory might be overstated.

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  • Post @ Twitter (13 December 2021)