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YoshidaYui

(42,898 posts) Thu Dec 26, 2024, 10:30 PM 15 hrs ago

Dinosaurs' Extinction: A Warning for Humanity? Full Special

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Dinosaurs' Extinction: A Warning for Humanity? Full Special (Original Post) YoshidaYui 15 hrs ago OP

The Dino mantra: Aussie105 15 hrs ago #1

MAGA. Make Archaeopteryx Great Again usonian 15 hrs ago #2

Science fiction stories of repetitive cycles... hunter/gatherers to highly developed and destroyed down to hunter/gather keithbvadu2 14 hrs ago #3

Aussie105

(6,477 posts)

1. The Dino mantra:

Reply to YoshidaYui (Original post)

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 10:51 PM

15 hrs ago

"We have always been here.
We will always be here.
This is our planet!"

Humans still have those reptilian brains, sad to say.

usonian

(14,636 posts)

2. MAGA. Make Archaeopteryx Great Again

Reply to YoshidaYui (Original post)

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 10:56 PM

15 hrs ago

Dinosaurs spent all day screeching and knocking things down instead of productive work. Extinct.

keithbvadu2

(40,522 posts)

3. Science fiction stories of repetitive cycles... hunter/gatherers to highly developed and destroyed down to hunter/gather

Reply to YoshidaYui (Original post)

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:22 PM

14 hrs ago

Science fiction stories of repetitive cycles... hunter/gatherers to highly developed and destroyed down to hunter/gatherers again to run through the cycle again and again.

Some have even suggested it for Earth's history.

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