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it's tempting to repost this in linuxmemes

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago
[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 15 points 1 month ago
[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

If birds are dinos, then dinos are reptiles, and therefore birds are reptiles

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 13 points 1 month ago

If birds are dinos, then dinos are reptiles

?

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Birds are a clade of dinosaurs ( a child group). In exactly the same way, dinosaurs are a clade of reptiles. So by extension, birds are a clade of reptiles.

You and I are also walking fish.

[-] Portosian@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

I think they were pointing out the structural issue with your statement. They info you are attempting to convey is correct. Your ability to do so is questionable.

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

If birds are dinos, then dinos are reptiles

I'm not sure what is structurally wrong with that statement. Birds are dinosaurs (most people know this by now). Using the exact same logic, dinosaurs are reptiles as well.

[-] Portosian@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

a= "birds are dinos"

b= "dinos are reptiles"

c= "birds are reptiles"

Structure: If a then b, therefore c

a does not imply b without an additional statement (which we can assume from the rest would be "because birds are reptiles")

You've basically just said birds are reptiles because birds are reptiles

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I see. Thank you you for that explanation. I was letting inference do some heavy lifting. (and yes, I'm not a great communicator)

[-] AEsheron@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

But fish don't exist.

[-] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 month ago

There's no such thing as a fish.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

We're worms too!

[-] 4oreman@lemy.lol 11 points 1 month ago
[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 month ago

You can't evolve out of a clade ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Not with that attitude.

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 month ago

Clint's Reptiles told me that. I love this YouTube channel and his energy and love for all animals.

Not affiliated, just a fan 😅

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'll have to check that channel out

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago

Come back afterwards and tell me what you think

[-] Varcour@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Then how did different clades evolve?

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago

The ancestors of birds were reptiles. No matter how different they are from their ancestors, they're still reptiles. They're birds as well, but being different doesn't mean they left the clade.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

By getting in early, and having a lot of child branches on the tree of life

[-] 4oreman@lemy.lol 1 points 1 month ago

Its ok, he switched to linux.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

And here I thought the evolutionary split between feathers and armor plates was what separated modern birds and reptiles.

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 month ago

And it's not the original penguin ™️

[-] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Not alligators?

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

And here I was looking for Saddam

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Saddam was in its belly. I've highlighted here:

this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2024
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