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Evolution of Mammals Re-evaluated

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the shaking-the-tree-to-see-what-falls-out dept.

AaxelB writes "A study described in the New York Times rethinks mammalian evolution. Specifically, that the mass extinction of the dinosaurs had relatively little impact on mammals and that the steps in mammals' evolution happened well before and long after the dinosaurs' death."

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  1. Yes it is. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And you completely ignored my question: what if I put up a website with caricatures of liberal ideas? Wouldn't you call me out on it?

    Now, I'm not a liberal, but it would be pretty easy for me to take all of the most extreme, ridiculous ideas of liberalism and put them into a wiki. I could have articles on:

    1: all sex is rape
    2: all whites are racists - blacks cannot be racist.
    3: no one should be allowed to own any property. All your money belongs to the state and we allow you to keep some of it.
    4: all rights come from the state. We give you a few rights and expect you to say "thank you"
    5: you do not have the right to defend yourself against crime. If someone breaks into your house and you fight them, you should go to jail.
    6: if your opinions are wrong (that is, not politically correct) you should be "re-educated" by force.
    7: you do not have the right to raise your children as you see fit. Children belong to the state.

    And then, after I create this website, people would start quoting it back to you, "OMFG LOOK AT WHAT THESE IDIOT LIBERALS BELIEVE!" Wouldn't you point out that the site was a joke?? What would you say if I came along and declared, "oh no, that site is real."

    I think it's sad that your views of conservatives are based on a stereotype that you invented. It's says a lot about you (and other slashdotters) that you take everything negative from a group and put them together to build a boogeyman. I guess that's the only way you can have your two minutes of hate every day. But it's possible to do that to any group. Some slashdotters are virgins. Some live with their parents. So I could put all that together and create this caricature of a nerd and use that to write off everything on the site.

    But that would be pretty ignorant of me, wouldn't it.