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What annoys you about paleontology?; Rant on about moronic theories, complaints, or just animals that annoy you.
Topic Started: Sep 28 2013, 05:04 PM (256,311 Views)
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Also most, if not all, prehistoric birds don't have any fossilized feathers yet we don't give them scales or bare skin all over their body, we give them feathers due to all modern birds covered in feathers.
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trisdino
Jul 26 2014, 12:47 PM
1. I meant young earth creationists, I thought that was pretty obvious, and I feel no remorse in saying that such stupidity should not be allowed. Is that offensive? In most cases I try not to be, but in this case, if that is how people see it, so be it. I don't want to offend people, I want to educate them, but if education is offensive to them, then that is what I am going to do, no matter what.

2. They are a threat because they have taken over the education systems in multiple middle eastern countries and american states, indoctrinating children even though it is illegal. They are a threat because they hate science, and many of them are in positions of power. Make no mistake, these are not a fringe group, over 40% of americans are young earthers, they are a threat.


I want what is best for everybody, but I am not going to stand back and say "you go!" while a bunch of lunatics hunt every species to extinction, pollute the atmosphere to the point of no return, and defund all forms of science, just because they believe that it will all be over any moment now anyway, so what does it matter. I want to see a bright future, don't you? Well these people want to defund science, and in the long term, if they managed to do that, it would be as bad as a Third World War.
This has probably been solved, but I need to make a point to trisdino:

YECs are not a threat to society. If you want to see a threat to society, go over to the Middle East & look at ISIS & Al Qaeda. I have many friends who are YECs, & they've never done anything that could be considered a threat to society that I know of. And it's fine to express your opinions, but you shouldn't call people 'stupid,' 'ignorant,' or 'a threat to society' just because they don't believe the same thing you do. In fact, if anyone were to start WWIII, it would probably be people like you, who discriminate against ways of life that are foreign to you that you claim to be a threat to society.

That being said, my biggest pet peeve is probably that many people still think that dinosaurs are featherless. :3
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Sep 9 2014, 09:52 PM
YECs are not a threat to society. If you want to see a threat to society, go over to the Middle East & look at ISIS & Al Qaeda. I have many friends who are YECs, & they've never done anything that could be considered a threat to society that I know of. And it's fine to express your opinions, but you shouldn't call people 'stupid,' 'ignorant,' or 'a threat to society' just because they don't believe the same thing you do.
So apparently the only threats to society live in the middle east. The Westboro Baptist church may not be killing people but they are spreading hate all around, they picket at funerals and pray for more people to die. Not all YEC's are bad. This is off topic so can we move on.

Anyways shrink-wrapping is what gets to me. Rhinos don't have their skin wrapping around their bones do they?
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That was just an example; there are other threats to society in the world, but Creationists are not one. And yes we can move on. :)

And that is true about rhinos, so why do people think that dinosaurs don't apply? Who knows.
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When people use this topic as a way to complain about me xD
No, I'm not actually mad :P

But I still stand by what I've already said. I'm not questioning how hard it is to fossilize soft tissues and feathers, I'm not a dumbass.
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Then how do we know that Troodon had wing feathers? I know they're feathered, but I'm just wondering ;)
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@Drax- I'm not saying Nyasaurus definitely had feathers but there is a possibility. I'm not calling you dumb but it is not Nyasaurus cannot have feathers because it is probably not a dinosaur. Crocodiles have feather making genes that are inactive.

@Spendabuck- There have been wing feathers found on other Troodontids. Wing feathers have also been found on other Maniraptorans and their sister group the Orthinomimids.
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@spendabuck
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Jinfengopteryx_elegans_2.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Xiaotingia_fossil.jpg/1280px-Xiaotingia_fossil.jpg
Anchiornis
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2010/02/dinosaur_feathers_fossil.jpg
http://www.tsiridesfoundation.com/pictures/fossil_anchiornis-bird01.jpg

Both are Troodon relatives, and they have good wings on their arms. (it might be harder to see on Xiaotingia, but i see em on Jinfengopteryx and Anchiornis





Edit:

While i was looking for the Anchiornis Fossils i found this in related searches, and this entire search page saddens me
https://www.google.com/search?q=anchiornis+huxleyi+hoax&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=775&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=wrUPVNS5LcqbyAS29ICQCg&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAA&dpr=1
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Sep 9 2014, 10:18 PM
While i was looking for the Anchiornis Fossils i found this in related searches, and this entire search page saddens me
https://www.google.com/search?q=anchiornis+huxleyi+hoax&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=775&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=wrUPVNS5LcqbyAS29ICQCg&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAA&dpr=1
That is just wrong. Archiornis has some characteristics birds lack that are present in dinosaurs plus with all four limbs carrying wing feathers it would be hard to fly. All the birds with muffed feet are selectively bred and not wild birds, see how they are always look like they are in an urban environment.
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Sep 9 2014, 10:27 PM
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Sep 9 2014, 10:18 PM
While i was looking for the Anchiornis Fossils i found this in related searches, and this entire search page saddens me
https://www.google.com/search?q=anchiornis+huxleyi+hoax&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=775&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=wrUPVNS5LcqbyAS29ICQCg&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAA&dpr=1
That is just wrong. Archiornis has some characteristics birds lack that are present in dinosaurs plus with all four limbs carrying wing feathers it would be hard to fly.
Also, i don't think people realize those Four Winged birds are Selectively bred by Humans. Nor the fact that Almost-Avian dinosaurs have teeth.
Edited by BossAggron, Sep 9 2014, 10:31 PM.
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Well, so do some true birds from the Mesozoic. :P
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The fact that the TV show that I mentioned long ago, made another mistake. They say that Tiarajudens, which is a Permian Animodont as a herbivorous Machairodont, then represents it with various Smilodon scenes from documentaries, and that Mega-lion in JFC. Sure it has sabertooth like teeth, yet it doesn't mean it's a Machairodont! (And when I first I heard this, I thought this is something related to PETA xD )

Plus I found an Indonesian article (the sources stated by the article was correct, it stated that it is an Animodont. There's even an Indonesian one!) that says exactly the same (Plus with many many more inaccuracy besides the thing I said above) , that the show probably believed and decided to put it in the show.

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It kinda annoys me that I want to learn more about paleontology but I am almost scared of how large a subject it is (where/how do you begin?!) and that some paleo-fans scare me with their... intense-ness :I
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DinoBear
Sep 9 2014, 09:01 PM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Dinosaur Planet (The one with White Tip and such) made before there was evidence for wing feathers on stuff like Troodon?
you are correct
Dinosaur Planet was highly accurate for its time
(Planet Dinosaur lacks such an excuse)
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OH YESSS!

A minor pet peeve at best, but what about the instance in that pretty much ANY Reptile from the Mesozoic tends to be called a Dinosaur at one point or another by at least one person at any possible moment?
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