People Saw Living Dinosaurs

Science relies on evidence which we can test (1). We would actually need the Dinosaur specimens in order to verify that they survived the extinction. If all we have are paintings, we cannot study these dinosaurs deeper and learn more about them. "What relevance does this question have to the topic at hand? The word "dinosaur" was not invented until the 1800s[13]; so the artists in question could not possibly have been aware of the word, nor does it matter. Bats were called "birds" in the 7th century[14]; does that mean people didn't see live bats in the 7th century simply because they called them by a different name than we do today?" What i'm saying is that we cannot know if they saw dinosaurs because we don't have the fossils or the specimens to compare the descriptions. "Are you seriously suggesting that the powerful resemblance of the ancient art to modern reconstructions of dinosaurs is all complete coincidence? Please, speak your mind plainly, so you can hear for yourself how absurd your idea sounds." 1) Pro already presumes that the art displays actual dinosaurs without evidence and claims it's a "powerful resemblance" which is entirely subjective 2) Pro commits the fallacy of beginning the question (2) 3) He also commits the fallacy of ad hominem (3) in saying that my idea sounds absurd 4) Finally commits the fallacy of loaded question by asking if i believe it's just a coincidence (4) plus you used strawman (5). I never said it was a coincidence, i said this: "..where's the scientific evidence to verify these claims? How did these people know that they were dinosaurs? How do we know that they are dinosaurs vs. the artist's imagination? Solid evidence is required in order to determine these answers" "In the late 1800s, Geologist F.S. Homes, Paleontologist and Curator of the Charleston Museum, discovered arrowheads, an axe, a human jaw bone and other human bones in the Ashley Beds of South Carolina, mixed together with Iguanodons, Duck-billed dinosaurs, Ichthyosauruses, and Plesiosaurs fossils" In the source you gave, no mention of extinct dinosaurs. "I think you made a mistake, because your source says nothing even close to what you are attributing to it. It was never shown to be a hoax, and I'm sure Woodword et al. would be greatly offended at this outrageous accusation. " You appeal to ridicule. You also presume that he would be offended without evidence. "This makes no sense. Meteorites do not have a grudge against dinosaurs. Something that wipes out all dinos will also wipe out all other forms of life, like mammals, insects, etc." You commit the fallacy of non-sequitur meaning "it does not follow." You also commit the slippery slope fallacy in which you argue that one cause will eventually lead to another cause (6). We only have evidence that dinosaurs went extinct but not all life. "that's from Pompeii, and Pompeii was destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius, which indeed suffocated all life in the area under volcanic ash and gas" The Volcanic ash which suffocated the dinosaurs happened millions of years ago whereas the destruction of Pompeii happened only thousands of years ago. "What's so special about pterosaurs, T. rex, and those little raptor things that they should all be wiped out by disease, but alligators, crocodiles, ceolocanths, snapping turtles, komodo dragons, pythons, mammals and other life forms survive relatively unscathed? " What's special is that it's a product of natural selection (7). The species of animals which are fit to adapt to their environment survive than those don't. "How does it prove that all dinos died before humans had a chance to see them?" It didn't say all, i said many and i argued it's unlikely for dinosaurs to have survived not that it's impossible. The burden of proof is on you to show that dinosaurs are still alive today. Your already assuming that dinosaurs existed and that humans killed them off which there is no strong empirical evidence for. You also bring in irrelevant facts known as the red herring fallacy (8). The burden of proof is to show that dinosaurs still exist with humans and you haven't shown that with solid evidence. Sources: 1. http://undsci.berkeley.edu... 2. https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com... 3. https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com... 4. https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com... 5. https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com... 6. http://www.nizkor.org... 7. http://science.howstuffworks.com... 8. http://www.logicalfallacies.info...