like crocodiles and alligators, which are not technically considered to be dinosaurs but are closely related, and who knows what primeval dinosaur-like life forms may still exist in the world's oceans.

Archosaurs like Crocodilians are closely related, but birds are the closest, being direct descendants of Theropods.

Whether marine reptiles have survived to today, its doubtful, though theoretically possible. I'd love to see a Mosasaur like the species depicted in Jurassic World.

I am not going out on a limb speculating that the 41% who think dinosaurs and humans shared the planet are among the half who have less than average intelligence.

to take such fairy tales at face value. Republicans that believe in this nonsense is a main driver in that stat and the clowns they elect are the end result of their stupidity.

That word does not denote what you think it does.

I got called for one of the big "is America scientifically illiterate" surveys a number of years ago. I viewed the questions as ridiculously easy, grade-school stuff. When I finished, the caller told me I'd made 100% (I already knew that), and seemed blown away.

Later on, I saw the dismal results......

Sadly, there are a lot of incredibly dumb Democrats in this country as well. In my 40+ years, I've met more Democratic creationists than I could possibly count...IN CALIFORNIA. As much as I wish it were, this isn't just a Republican or Bible Belt thing.

of those that SAY they believe in magic over science do so only so as not to be religiously shunned, not actually believing that over even Grade 5 Science....the majority are not that stupid, but they are that intimidated.

Kind of like Republicans outraged, again, over Obamacare subsidies being upheld while actually and secretly grateful they do not actually have to come up with a fix, they can just keep repeating the same 5 year old lies.

Folks are smarter than a 5th grader.....but then comes religious and cult purity.

all the proof I need

and I believe Dino was younger than Fred

I'm sure many of them are completely ignorant of the evolution and phylogeny of Dinosauria. But the fact is that dinosaurs exist now, we call them birds, their anatomy and phylogeny are a testament to this fact, they are dinosaurs. Their clade has a few differences, the big ones being a toothless beak, flight feathers, and no bony tail. However, outside of that, there are far more similarities than differences, far closer than the living fossils that are Alligators and Crocodiles.

Birds were declared descendants of dinosaurs. Don't remember the exact year, but I was an adult at the time. I'd had that suspicion for quite a while, and I was thrilled.

Some of us are still hairy little shrews.

and creation "science" is taught in school.

USA! USA! USA!

my two velociraptors (conures) can be quite viscous. Oh and one day the Science channel had a program recreating what they think a T-Rex would sound like. ALL birds started alarm calls. At the time our cockatiel was still alive. I found that ahem, odd.

Oh and as far as the movie goes, good sound track, good special effects, lousy acting and lousy screen play,

If you want to watch special effects, watch it. If you want a movie with anything else. pass on it.

As to the science, not dinos, but we are getting close with a mammoth.

Oh and this one is a classic... not reality, just very well produced.

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and reason and science are derided as snooty fancy-pants intellectual stuff.

be the Fred Flintstone effect.Yabba dabba doo.

enticing and elaborate brainwashing for about
40 years at least. Very successful, right?!

In his book "Dinosaurs of Eden"

Yes, that's a real fucking thing:
https://answersingenesis.org/store/product/dinosaurs-eden/?sku=10-1-166

Here are a bunch of peaceful vegetarian dinosaurs living in peace with Adam and Eve.



Fucking idiots.

Sid

When misinformation and belief trump fact and knowledge.