I always figured these stupid papers were published because candidates misheard their advisors saying “Perhaps a paper on dinoflagellates…” Paul Knoepfler comments of the recent edition:
In my other life as a stem cell scientist and blogger, I’ve been writing a series on the seven sins of scientists. Today a big news story has spiked on the Internet about how scientists have reported that dinosaur farts may have caused global warming that killed them off…this hype ties in with my series on scientist sinning.
No, really, you can’t make this stuff up.
Being arrested in junior high school, I’m still more interested in the audio aspects of the phenomena.
Please GC, stop giving them ideas.
If you’re not careful next time the paper will read: “Vibrational warming of the atmosphere caused by dino-flatulence precipitated global warming and mass extinction. Strong acoustic CH4 and CO2 feedback provide warning for current crisis… “
Your Big Bang Theory?
Brontosaurus = thunder lizard (OH, MY!)
DON’T ENCOURAGE ME !!!
We should totally write that paper, fill it with nonsensical claptrap and see if we can get it published.
If you guys want to write it you can be sure it will find a home on JS
Seriously, if you like I can contact Dick Lindzen to see if he’d like to co-author. The man’s not above poking the establishment from time to time. There’s a few others who might play too.
Any acoustic engineers out there who might relish the challenge of calculating dino-harmonics?
A few published paleos could be handy for dino-mass and dietary input.
Interested parties can e-mail me & I can set up a private collaboration page if you wish.
BTW, I just checked – windrush.org is already registered. Pity, it seemed a natural organization to produce such a paper.
That should put man-made global warming to rest! I haven’t seen a dinosaur in weeks.
They only go it half right…the Dino-Gas was dangerous, it became lethal when the Fire Breathing Dragon showed up.
This doesn’t pass the smell test.
Charlatan Sagan didn’t have the imagination to come up with this one, this exceeds his capabilities