Comments on: The Sinking of Seismosaurus http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2007/01/28/the-sinking-of-seismosaurus/ The institutionalized doodles and discoveries of a dead-animal designer. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:49:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: King Aardvark http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2007/01/28/the-sinking-of-seismosaurus/comment-page-1/#comment-10368 King Aardvark Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:51:51 +0000 http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2007/01/28/the-sinking-of-seismosaurus/#comment-10368 A human failing perhaps? Gillette saw signs that his find could have been earth-shatteringly huge; he probably got excited at the potential and never thought that it could have just been a large diplodocus. Being a naturally pessimistic person, when things go extraordinarily well for me I immediately assume something is wrong, but I've seen more positive colleagues get taken for a ride because of a positive-looking error. But hooray for science - further study refines our knowledge and makes us more correct, as it should be. A human failing perhaps? Gillette saw signs that his find could have been earth-shatteringly huge; he probably got excited at the potential and never thought that it could have just been a large diplodocus. Being a naturally pessimistic person, when things go extraordinarily well for me I immediately assume something is wrong, but I’ve seen more positive colleagues get taken for a ride because of a positive-looking error.

But hooray for science – further study refines our knowledge and makes us more correct, as it should be.

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