11 JUN 2012 by ideonexus

 The Dinosaur: A Poem

Behold the mighty dinosaur, Famous in prehistoric lore, Not only for his power and strength But for his intellectual length. You will observe by these remains The creature had two sets of brains— One in his head (the usual place), The other at his spinal base. Thus he could reason 'A priori' As well as 'A posteriori'. No problem bothered him a bit He made both head and tail of it. So wise was he, so wise and solemn, Each thought filled just a spinal column. If one brain found the pressure s...
Folksonomies: poetry dinosaur
Folksonomies: poetry dinosaur
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About how dinosaurs have two brains, one in the rear (don't know if this is true or not, but I remember hearing this).

09 JUN 2012 by ideonexus

 The Earth Speaks

The Earth Speaks, clearly, distinctly, and, in many of the realms of Nature, loudly, to William Jennings Bryan, but he fails to hear a single sound. The earth speaks from the remotest periods in its wonderful life history in the Archaeozoic Age, when it reveals only a few tissues of its primitive plants. Fifty million years ago it begins to speak as "the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creatures that hath life." In successive eons of time the various kinds of animals leave their rema...
Folksonomies: evolution religion
Folksonomies: evolution religion
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The evidence is there, but biblicalists refuse to see the it.

18 MAR 2012 by ideonexus

 The Science of Reconstructing Fossils

In my work on Fossil Bones, I set myself the task of recognizing to which animals the fossilized remains which fill the surface strata of the earth belong. ... As a new sort of antiquarian, I had to learn to restore these memorials to past upheavals and, at the same time, to decipher their meaning. I had to collect and put together in their original order the fragments which made up these animals, to reconstruct the ancient creatures to which these fragments belonged, to create them once more...
Folksonomies: archaeology
Folksonomies: archaeology
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Cuvier describes an art that he pioneered(?)

20 MAY 2011 by ideonexus

 Poem: Behold the Mighty Dinosaur

Behold the mighty dinosaur, Famous in prehistoric lore, Not only for his power and strength But for his intellectual length. You will observe by these remains The creature had two sets of brains - One in his head (the usual place), The other at his spinal base, Thus he could reason A priori As well as A posteriori. No problem bothered him a bit He made both head and tail of it. So wise was he, so wise and solemn, Each thought filled just a spinal column. If one brain found the pressure strong...
Folksonomies: biology poetry humor dinosaurs
Folksonomies: biology poetry humor dinosaurs
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By Bert Leston Taylor (1866-1921).