The World's Deepest Dinosaur

FiReaNGeL writes to tell us BiologyNews.net is reporting that Norway has uncovered their first set of dinosaur remains. The catch? They found it 2,256 meters below the ocean floor. From the article: "It is merely a coincidence that the remains of the old dinosaur now see the light of day again, or more precisely, parts of the dinosaur. The fossil is in fact just a crushed knucklebone in a drilling core - a long cylinder of rock drilled out from an exploration well at the Snorre offshore field."

Comments

Re:How did it get there?

[BadAnalogyGuy]

So you're saying that scientists should be open to the theory that "God did it" and without evidence to the contrary they should establish that as a scientific theory?

That's more than open-mindedness. That's actively pouring the contents of your brain onto a hot sidewalk.

That is contrary to falsifiability

[Perdo]

And therefore rigorous science

"Until science _disproves_ something, that thing should not be discounted as a possibility. That includes God, goblins, and pink dinosaurs under the ocean floor."

The existance of god and the supernatural is not falsifiable, and therefore must be discounted as possibilities when conducting rigorous science.

Check the wiki for more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability

See also: proving a negative, division by zero, perpetual motion and the recent Intelligent design trial.

Judge John E. Jones III states the case nicely:

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/educate/ktzmllr dvr122005opn.pdf

Re:What will remain of us in 200 million years?

[apostrophesemicolon]

"The lunar landing sites will still be recognizable in 200 million years. Even the footprints are estimated to survive for a hundred times the age of the Pyramids."

200 years? This must mean the government puts great care of that studio in Burbank where they shot the landing sites scene..

Satan is devious

[CptPicard]

One just simply has to admire the industriousness of Satan in seeking to deceive good Christians. If he had been even a bit lazy he wouldn't have bothered to place dinosaur fossils THAT deep. He certainly knows where we'll be looking.