A theory about Dinosaurs

[Tall Tale]

A long time ago, an old friend of mine had is own interesting theory about Dinosaurs. His thoughts were that: The Dinosaurs actually did not exist at all, and were in fact, in his words "A fictional and imaginary animal" that (get this, this is where it get's interesting) "Was assembled to look like something that lived." I remember him saying how he believed that these "bones" were put together in the shape and vision of our so called archealogoists and scientists alike and he theorizes they simply made the whole thing up. "How do we really know what they looked like?" He would say. "If they were even real. What color were they really? And could they have been something totally different? Maybe they were a completely different animal..." I firmly believe they were real. But I always liked my friend's little optimistic theory. I made this post today because of the funky article I saw on yahoo today of the so called experts now revising the age-long question about "What really killed the Dinosaurs?" Thoughts, and feedback anyone?

[juroara]

He must be a fundamentalist! Why just dinosaurs? Why not all the other prehistoric animals as well? What about prehistoric plants? Or even prehistoric bacteria leaving tiny tiny tiny traces behind? And how do you get so many scientists and anthropologists in on this lie? And for what reason? Jurrasic Park movies?

[Specialis Sapientia]

Yes! I now have a good reason to post this video!!

[ninja9578]

A meteor that landed in the Yukatan killed the dinosaurs, science is at a consensus about this. End of story.

[dajo]

A meteor that landed in the Yukatan killed the dinosaurs, science is at a consensus about this. End of story. But just now they are sure. That it was a meteor and not all the volcanos or an ice age or aliens or whatever, it was a meteor. That's at least what the article said that I have read a couple of days ago.

[OldManRiver]

And how do you get so many scientists and anthropologists in on this lie? And for what reason? Lots of money, the same way they got so many scientists to go along with global warming. A meteor that landed in the Yukatan killed the dinosaurs, science is at a consensus about this. End of story. I concur.

[Xaqaria]

he is right about one thing. We really do not know what color they were. Most of their physiology can be inferred from skeletal structure, however and now that they are beginning to sequence dinosaur dna, we will eventually know the rest as well.

[Jesus of Suburbia]

I think people who don't believe in fucking dinosaurs should promptly and immediately be punched in the face. Same goes for people who believe the world is flat or hollow, people who don't believe medicine works, and people who say we can't know anything and that knowledge is merely opinion.

[Kromoh]

Lots of money, the same way they got so many scientists to go along with global warming. LMAO. Are you seriously serious? You don't even know how science works. Get into uni and see how serious scientists are, contrary to other people. he is right about one thing. We really do not know what color they were. Most of their physiology can be inferred from skeletal structure, however and now that they are beginning to sequence dinosaur dna, we will eventually know the rest as well. Yes, we do not know, as in, we do not have proof. However, using the empirical method, it is not hard at all to conclude they were probably of the same colour crocodiles/reptiles are today. You know, natural selection, camouflage, etc etc. Perhaps there indeed were some species with weirder colours, but the majority didn't steer much from dark green.

[Koalaman]

LMAO. Are you seriously serious? You don't even know how science works. Get into uni and see how serious scientists are, contrary to other people. Yes, we do not know, as in, we do not have proof. However, using the empirical method, it is not hard at all to conclude they were probably of the same colour crocodiles/reptiles are today. You know, natural selection, camouflage, etc etc. Perhaps there indeed were some species with weirder colours, but the majority didn't steer much from dark green. Does this mean that there are no dishonest scientists and that they don't care enough about money to lie for it?

[Universal Mind]

Earth is the largest body in the entire universe, and the universe ends about 60 miles from Earth's surface. On the other side of the wall is Heaven. The dots of light we see in the sky are lights that God put on the wall of the universe for decoration. The sun is the biggest light on the wall, and the moon is a blimp that was put in space by the ancient people of Atlantis. The Atheist Conspiracy Legion (ACL) came up with a crazy plan to make the world think that a few of those dots are other planets and the rest are stars that are millions of times the size of Earth. You have to be a member of the ACL to be a published scientist. Einstein and Newton were both 45th degree ACL members. The organization's goal has been to make Earth and humans look insignificant so people will have the false belief that Earth is just some spec with evolved microbes called humans growing on it. If you look at the stars and are foolish enough to believe that those dots are enormous bodies of burning hydrogen and helium, just remember that scientists are trying to keep you out of church.

[Jesus of Suburbia]

Earth is the largest body in the entire universe, and the universe ends about 60 miles from Earth's surface. On the other side of the wall is Heaven. The dots of light we see in the sky are lights that God put on the wall of the universe for decoration. The sun is the biggest light on the wall, and the moon is a blimp that was put in space by the ancient people of Atlantis. The Atheist Conspiracy Legion (ACL) came up with a crazy plan to make the world think that a few of those dots are other planets and the rest are stars that are millions of times the size of Earth. You have to be a member of the ACL to be a published scientist. Einstein and Newton were both 45th degree ACL members. The organization's goal has been to make Earth and humans look insignificant so people will have the false belief that Earth is just some spec with evolved microbes called humans growing on it. If you look at the stars and are foolish enough to believe that those dots are enormous bodies of burning hydrogen and helium, just remember that scientists are trying to keep you out of church. Oh my Lord.... You have just converted me to Catholicism. I thank you for opening my eyes to Jesus Christ and God. (I literally laughed out loud when I read your post, UM)

[Kromoh]

Does this mean that there are no dishonest scientists and that they don't care enough about money to lie for it? Tell me how a scientist at a local college with interest only in teaching his students gets money for defending the thesis of global warming.

[Universal Mind]

Tell me how a scientist at a local college with interest only in teaching his students gets money for defending the thesis of global warming. Professors generally despise conservatives on a deep personal level, and the global warming movement is a movement against rich business people, who are pretty much all conservatives.

[♥Mark]

I have faith in dinosaurs. I think people who don't believe in fucking dinosaurs should promptly and immediately be punched in the face. No! Our faith in dinosaurs should bring peopleus together in the name of awesomeness, not divide us with anger and violence.

[Jesus of Suburbia]

I have faith in dinosaurs. No! Our faith in dinosaurs should bring peopleus together in the name of awesomeness, not divide us with anger and violence. I hope you're joking XD

[Kromoh]

Professors generally despise conservatives on a deep personal level, and the global warming movement is a movement against rich business people, who are pretty much all conservatives. That doesn't mean they'd risk their names defending something they considered false. Seriously, scientific theories are not just beliefs people adopt. You don't know that because you've never been involved in science before. You'd be surprised by how much more there is to science than what they prepare for the public to understand.

[Universal Mind]

That doesn't mean they'd risk their names defending something they considered false. Seriously, scientific theories are not just beliefs people adopt. You don't know that because you've never been involved in science before. You'd be surprised by how much more there is to science than what they prepare for the public to understand. Oh, I don't know that? You pulled that out of your ass. Your belief there is clearly not a theory. They teach the scientific method in seventh grade and then teach it in every science class after that, even through college. I have argued the importance of theories a ton in the Religion forum. Also, one of my favorite quotes is this... Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. - Isaac Asimov I was telling you what professors get out of arguing that global warming exists, not saying they all do it solely for that reason. Your exact question was about how they make money by arguing that global warming is real. The scenario to consider there is being paid off. Do you trust governments not to pay off scientists? I am not saying it is happening. I am just saying how it could happen.

[Xei]

I doubt the government could pay off every single academic in the world as part of this hypothetical conspiracy. I'm pretty sure there's at least one honourable climate scientist out of the tens of thousands of them who would expose any such bribery. Or even a greedy climate scientist who works out that they could sell said evidence to the press or to the oil companies for millions. Maybe most climate scientists support climate change theory because they think it's correct.

[Universal Mind]

I doubt the government could pay off every single academic in the world as part of this hypothetical conspiracy. I'm pretty sure there's at least one honourable climate scientist out of the tens of thousands of them who would expose any such bribery. Or even a greedy climate scientist who works out that they could sell said evidence to the press or to the oil companies for millions. Maybe most climate scientists support climate change theory because they think it's correct. Ha ha, I was just discussing dishonesty on an individual basis. I don't think the governments of the world paid off every scientist who claims global warming is happening. I was just addressing the issue Kromoh raised about why a professor would ever lie about global warming. I mentioned two big reasons.

[ArcanumNoctis]

A long time ago, an old friend of mine had is own interesting theory about Dinosaurs. His thoughts were that: The Dinosaurs actually did not exist at all, and were in fact, in his words "A fictional and imaginary animal" that (get this, this is where it get's interesting) "Was assembled to look like something that lived." I remember him saying how he believed that these "bones" were put together in the shape and vision of our so called archealogoists and scientists alike and he theorizes they simply made the whole thing up. "How do we really know what they looked like?" He would say. "If they were even real. What color were they really? And could they have been something totally different? Maybe they were a completely different animal..." I firmly believe they were real. But I always liked my friend's little optimistic theory. I made this post today because of the funky article I saw on yahoo today of the so called experts now revising the age-long question about "What really killed the Dinosaurs?" Thoughts, and feedback anyone? That is called a conspiracy. What would be the point in deceiving everyone that dinosaurs existed? Anyways, here is an interesting twist. I read in a well-known geological/archaeological magazine once that they found a old-fashion pocket watch in a geode. I remember reading about it when I was around fourteen years old, which my mother showed me the article. I've searched the internet for the context and tried to find the physical magazine. No luck and I can't find anything on the internet about a pocket-watch found in a geode. Can't even find it on bogus prank sites. It is rather interesting since geodes take millions of years to form, yet somehow a pocket watch was found in the geode when it was cut open. Guess we will never know.

[Kromoh]

I was telling you what professors get out of arguing that global warming exists, not saying they all do it solely for that reason. Your exact question was about how they make money by arguing that global warming is real. The scenario to consider there is being paid off. Do you trust governments not to pay off scientists? I am not saying it is happening. I am just saying how it could happen. Man, you were the one saying scientists defend the theory because they are paid for/get advantage of it. I was asking you to validate your claim by telling me how that happens. If your claim that they get advantage of it is false, then you ought to agree that the most likely reason for a top-level scientist to defend a theory is if the evidence really leads towards it. Stop trying to ignore the point. You think people don't realize you do juggling out of previously said things to try to cover your mistakes. Here's news for you: they do realize it, even if they can't express it correctly.

[ArcanumNoctis]

Man, you were the one saying scientists defend the theory because they are paid for/get advantage of it. I was asking you to validate your claim by telling me how that happens. If your claim that they get advantage of it is false, then you ought to agree that the most likely reason for a top-level scientist to defend a theory is if the evidence really leads towards it. Government grants.

[Kromoh]

Government grants. Back up your claim.

[ArcanumNoctis]

Back up your claim. Easy, logic. Would scientists who are trying to disprove global warming get a government grant? No, they wouldn't or it would be minimal. Knowing this, what people know about global warming isn't based on real Science. Grant = money. Basically, scientists are being paid to strengthen a viewpoint that is politically charged. Mostly likely the reason is because a return is expected on the investment. Essentially, the name of the game is as long as you can prove my point, I will provide you with a nice steady supply of funding. In this aspect, it can also be perceived as bribery.