Dinosaurs, are they becoming weak-sauce? How PlosOne saved my view of people trying to ruin my childhood....
So as you may recall some jerk decided Triceratops did not exist. This person, I am pretty sure, was stripped of their position in academe and promptly tarred and feathered (get it, like dinosaurs). The problem was that he may have been right. Except I contend that they should have switched the way it was worded and just dumped declare Torosaraus a Triceratops. But this is getting away from the bigger point that slowly over time they have been stripping away all the coolness associated with dinosaurs. For example Feathers
However, there has been a push back against this gross misconduct. It turns out Triceratops is definetly NOT a torosaraus. Also it turns out feathers are actually awesome! Also they have recently discovered some freaking amazing SUPER T-rexs. The inherent problem with trying to strip dinosaurs of their awesomeness is that super-organisms as tall as buildings are awesome no matter how lame you try and make them. Further, you can't remove the enormous claws of the velociraptor that are clearly designed for awesome dino-wars, like wolves battling bears, but with more lizard. Also, people will continue to imagine awesome things for them, even the feathers turn out to be awesome! And as long as we can't study their actual behaviour we will be left to assume that these were indeed the super-smart predator Michael Criton envisioned.
In Conclusion: Jurassic Park Theme.
