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They don’t think it be like it is, but it do! (i.imgflip.com)
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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it's tempting to repost this in linuxmemes

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Do it!!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Reptile ? You mean dino

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If birds are dinos, then dinos are reptiles

?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

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 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months 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)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

But fish don't exist.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's no such thing as a fish.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Been binging QI lately?

No such thing as a fish — QI

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

We're worms too!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

thats a bird

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Not with that attitude.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Exactly

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

Not affiliated, just a fan 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'll have to check that channel out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Come back afterwards and tell me what you think

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Then how did different clades evolve?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Its ok, he switched to linux.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Not alligators?

[–] ayyy 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And here I was looking for Saddam

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

And it's not the original penguin ™️