# Exercises in magical thinking are a waste of mental effort

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This an example. If there’s no Americas is there no super continent Pangea? IMO nothing on the planet would look remotely similar. And this is in factual questions!

> [@Western route to Asia if no Americas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/western-route-to-asia-if-no-americas/991156):
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> If the Americas did not exist when would Columbus’s idea of a western route from Europe to Asia have been feasible? You may assume all Pacific islands would still exist.

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