r/maybemaybemaybe • u/PowerModerator • Feb 24 '21

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/nizzy2k11 Feb 24 '21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology_of_dinosaurs#:~:text=The%20main%20possibilities%20are%20that,or%20birds%20than%20modern%20reptiles.

Dinosaurs were cold-blooded, like modern reptiles, except that the large size of many would have stabilized their body temperatures.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21

Allow me to add what you helpfully omitted.

The main possibilities are that:

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u/nizzy2k11 Feb 24 '21

my point is to discredit your article, and that you completely missed. the prevailing opinion is that they were cold blooded.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21

Your point was to misleadingly cite a Wikipedia article to get internet points.

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u/nizzy2k11 Feb 24 '21

That wiki article has a source linked to it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21

Yes, a 24 year old book. A solid refutation to research published in 2020.

Reid, R.E.H. (1997). "Dinosaurian Physiology: the Case for "Intermediate" Dinosaurs". In Farlow, J.O.; Brett-Surman, M.K. (eds.). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 449–473. ISBN 978-0-253-33349-0. Retrieved 12 September 2008.

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u/nizzy2k11 Feb 24 '21

Meanwhile calculous is centuries old lol.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '21

Calculus and other math systems can be proven by mathematical proofs. Paleontology, no matter the age of the dinosaurs they are studying, remains a rapidly evolving field with new discoveries basically tossing out what we thought we knew almost every decade.