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And also the original article.

by Uhhrrr 8y ago

DonHopkins 8y ago
So you're saying that you know for a fact that Amilcar Adamy, a geologist with the Brazilian Geological Survey (known by its Portuguese acronym, CPRM), is actually a layperson? What evidence do you have that he was lying about his qualifications and actually is a layperson who has no idea what he's talking about? Are you an expert in spotting fraudulent researchers who lie about their qualifications in multiple magazine articles and peer reviewed scientific publications? What are your own qualifications in that field, and can you prove your accusations? Or are you doing exactly what you're baselessly accusing someone else of doing, without any evidence? Do you have an instinct for debunking fake science? Is his biography and all these research papers and articles he's published fake too? If it's not true, somebody sure went to quite a lot of effort to perpetrate this fraud... What do you think their motivations were? Perhaps you should report him? https://www.escavador.com/sobre/2015231/amilcar-adamy https://www.escavador.com/sobre/2015231/amilcar-adamy https://www.linkedin.com/in/amilcar-adamy-90b71b25/?originalSubdomain=br https://www.linkedin.com/in/amilcar-adamy-90b71b25/?original... https://nl.pinterest.com/gsarisoy/ https://nl.pinterest.com/gsarisoy/ https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/36983/20170403/mysterious-megatunnels-in-south-america-were-dug-by-giant-sloths.htm https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/36983/20170403/myst... https://www.beyondsciencetv.com/2017/07/05/hundreds-of-giant-mysterious-tunnels-discovered-in-brazil/ https://www.beyondsciencetv.com/2017/07/05/hundreds-of-giant... http://www.look4ward.co.uk/animals/giant-tunnels-in-south-america-dug-by-ancient-mega-sloths/ http://www.look4ward.co.uk/animals/giant-tunnels-in-south-am... https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/extinct-megafauna-dug-these-incredible-tunnels-in-brazil/ https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/extinct-megafa...
- Uhhrrr 8y ago
  He literally says, "Although the exact identity of the producers of the burrows is yet unknown, the dimensions and morphology point to ground sloths and giant armadillos." https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10420940.2016.1223654?scroll=top&needAccess=true https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10420940.2016.1... That is exactly "Looks like Y, must be made by Y." I'm not saying it's a bad heuristic. It's fine for coming up with ideas. But they apparently haven't yet found bones or fossilized poop or other signs of habitation by giant fauna.
  - dragonwriter 8y ago
    > I'm not saying it's a bad heuristic. It's fine for coming up with ideas. But they apparently haven't yet found bones or fossilized poop or other signs of habitation by giant fauna. Technically, finding that where you'd expect to find it were they the diggers is still “Looks like Y, must be Y”. Fundamentally, that's the only way to draw conclusions about a process you aren't directly observing. Heck, even conclusions from direct observation are quite literally “Looks like Y, must be Y”.
  - DonHopkins 8y ago
    And that makes him not an expert but actually a layperson and an incompetent liar about his credentials how? Did you directly observe that he's lying about his expertise? Can you refer me to someone more qualified, with a time machine, who directly observed what happened millions of years ago, and disagrees with him?
posterboy 8y ago
Which is pretty much just a travel report so it doesn't wield much authority.

And also the original article.

by Uhhrrr 8y ago

And also the original article.

So you're saying that you know for a fact that Amilcar Adamy, a geologist with the Brazilian Geological Survey (known by its Portuguese acronym, CPRM), is actually a layperson? What evidence do you have that he was lying about his qualifications and actually is a layperson who has no idea what he's talking about? Are you an expert in spotting fraudulent researchers who lie about their qualifications in multiple magazine articles and peer reviewed scientific publications? What are your own qualifications in that field, and can you prove your accusations? Or are you doing exactly what you're baselessly accusing someone else of doing, without any evidence? Do you have an instinct for debunking fake science? Is his biography and all these research papers and articles he's published fake too? If it's not true, somebody sure went to quite a lot of effort to perpetrate this fraud... What do you think their motivations were? Perhaps you should report him? https://www.escavador.com/sobre/2015231/amilcar-adamy https://www.escavador.com/sobre/2015231/amilcar-adamy https://www.linkedin.com/in/amilcar-adamy-90b71b25/?originalSubdomain=br https://www.linkedin.com/in/amilcar-adamy-90b71b25/?original... https://nl.pinterest.com/gsarisoy/ https://nl.pinterest.com/gsarisoy/ https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/36983/20170403/mysterious-megatunnels-in-south-america-were-dug-by-giant-sloths.htm https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/36983/20170403/myst... https://www.beyondsciencetv.com/2017/07/05/hundreds-of-giant-mysterious-tunnels-discovered-in-brazil/ https://www.beyondsciencetv.com/2017/07/05/hundreds-of-giant... http://www.look4ward.co.uk/animals/giant-tunnels-in-south-america-dug-by-ancient-mega-sloths/ http://www.look4ward.co.uk/animals/giant-tunnels-in-south-am... https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/extinct-megafauna-dug-these-incredible-tunnels-in-brazil/ https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/extinct-megafa...

Uhhrrr 8y ago
He literally says, "Although the exact identity of the producers of the burrows is yet unknown, the dimensions and morphology point to ground sloths and giant armadillos." https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10420940.2016.1223654?scroll=top&needAccess=true https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10420940.2016.1... That is exactly "Looks like Y, must be made by Y." I'm not saying it's a bad heuristic. It's fine for coming up with ideas. But they apparently haven't yet found bones or fossilized poop or other signs of habitation by giant fauna.
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > I'm not saying it's a bad heuristic. It's fine for coming up with ideas. But they apparently haven't yet found bones or fossilized poop or other signs of habitation by giant fauna. Technically, finding that where you'd expect to find it were they the diggers is still “Looks like Y, must be Y”. Fundamentally, that's the only way to draw conclusions about a process you aren't directly observing. Heck, even conclusions from direct observation are quite literally “Looks like Y, must be Y”.
- DonHopkins 8y ago
  And that makes him not an expert but actually a layperson and an incompetent liar about his credentials how? Did you directly observe that he's lying about his expertise? Can you refer me to someone more qualified, with a time machine, who directly observed what happened millions of years ago, and disagrees with him?

posterboy 8y ago

Which is pretty much just a travel report so it doesn't wield much authority.