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| What annoys you about paleontology?; Rant on about moronic theories, complaints, or just animals that annoy you. | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 28 2013, 05:04 PM (256,191 Views) | |
| BossAggron | Dec 4 2015, 12:50 AM Post #4636 |
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Formerly Dilophoraptor
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Still was a pretty Dicksonia move. |
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| Paleodude | Dec 4 2015, 12:59 AM Post #4637 |
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ex-Krampus
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I swear Boss Agron that pun hurt me on deep physical level only I could ever know. You think Robert Fabani is bad? Just look at the people who comment on his Facebook and his Facebook in general. |
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| Incinerox | Dec 4 2015, 05:28 AM Post #4638 |
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti
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What does a genus of tree fern have to do with Dakotaraptor and science ethics violations? |
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| CyborgIguana | Dec 4 2015, 02:31 PM Post #4639 |
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People continually ignoring the fact that a "theory" is something completely different in science than it is in colloquial speech. Gravity is a theory too: so go ahead, start floating! |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Dec 4 2015, 04:38 PM Post #4640 |
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I AM THE UNSHRINKWRAPPER!
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No, Gravity is a Law. Big difference.
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| Incinerox | Dec 4 2015, 05:55 PM Post #4641 |
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And the difference again between that and a hypothesis is that a theory is something that has been tested and shown to fit among other scientific models. Hypotheses are simply what you call an untested, educated idea based on our understanding of established theories and laws. Not just for paleontology, but for any academic discussion, it bothers me when people get that mixed up. "Evolution's only a theory!!!!11!!one!" for example. *opens the floodgates* |
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| CyborgIguana | Dec 5 2015, 03:22 PM Post #4642 |
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By those standards: pretty sure evolution is a law as well. Natural selection, on the other hand, is a scientific theory to explain evolution. |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Dec 5 2015, 03:28 PM Post #4643 |
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I AM THE UNSHRINKWRAPPER!
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No, I think the law in this case would be "Life exists and is diverse." Also, something I'd like cleared up; how does one "test" evolution if it takes millions of years to occur? |
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| CyborgIguana | Dec 5 2015, 03:32 PM Post #4644 |
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Well evolution on that scale can of course only be extrapolated from the fossil record, but there are forms of "microevolution" that can be observed and tested with the naked eye. |
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| stargatedalek | Dec 5 2015, 04:34 PM Post #4645 |
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!
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Selective breeding is the most obvious example, but we can also see everything from great white sharks changing morphology based on population to lizards becoming asexual when isolated. None of this requires any inferences in order to quantify it so would that make evolution a law? Or is "great white sharks vary in morphology based on regional population" the law? Edited by stargatedalek, Dec 5 2015, 04:34 PM.
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| CyborgIguana | Dec 5 2015, 04:37 PM Post #4646 |
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Again, I'd still argue that evolution is a law like gravity, but it relies on theories such as natural selection in order to explain it. The theoretical aspect of evolution lies in its precise mechanics, not in the concept of evolution itself. |
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| TheToastinator | Dec 5 2015, 05:01 PM Post #4647 |
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A piece of toast and a terminator.
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What annoys me? Mesozoica's animals... |
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| BossAggron | Dec 5 2015, 10:36 PM Post #4648 |
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Formerly Dilophoraptor
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Influenza |
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| Denomon3144 | Dec 7 2015, 08:52 PM Post #4649 |
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Pick a god and pray!
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| CyborgIguana | Dec 7 2015, 09:23 PM Post #4650 |
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Please tell me that's a Pokemon and not an attempted rendition of a real dinosaur taxon. |
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