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Summary: black carbon paint + organic binder was used to paint the fossil, as it was used in preparation of many early 1900 finds. Fossil is partially real, wit
by omgJustTest 3y ago
Summary: black carbon paint + organic binder was used to paint the fossil, as it was used in preparation of many early 1900 finds. Fossil is partially real, with large amount of paint. Scientists for decades put up weird theories about new species to explain it.
Science is hard, assumptions are easy, people have large imaginations &, most importantly, science rewards novel theories.
Everything in the science record improves by people asking simple questions, its the day-in-day-out drudgery plus sheer luck that gets real discoveries.
- lawlessone 3y agoCould this be entirely accidental then? one scientist or another person painting it, perhaps a bit haphazardly. Later or someone else someone else interprets this as soft tissue and the mistake just compound.
- simpaticoder 3y ago>people have large imaginations There's a guy on youtube[0] that's convinced that every rock he sees is a fossil. His videos are a strange combination of absurd, disturbing, and relaxing. 0- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQnCueSlWLY&t=0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQnCueSlWLY&t=0s
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