Petrolium is made from ancient algae and plants, not dinosaurs.

It's only science if you're willing to accept the conclusion the observations lead you to even if they prove your idea wrong, because the point of science is to learn and gain understanding, and that is done by being wrong about things and investigating to find the correct answer.

It's no longer science if you're not willing to accept the conclusions because they prove your idea false, which ultimately is the problem that happens with science deniers, they are unwilling to accept being wrong.

I can do at least 45 seconds up to a full minute.

It does seem nice but I hear the association fees there are insane.

People can make dents in the outer shell of human knowledge without having PhDs though. As in to discover something new and revolutionary, plenty of great scientists have and likely many more will continue to.

Well Rotating a rotor on a generator is the most convenient way to make electricity with parts that last a long amount of time. Also doesn't help that we use AC power while other sources like photovoltaic produce DC power which needs to be converted to be used.

I've never seen one up close before, it's interesting how much their fins look like feathers, though it shouldn't be that surprising given their purpose.

It's a similar story with Fungi since mushrooms are the reproductive part of them.

I unfortunately haven't been able to get the ones I grow to be very tall. They never grow taller than about half a meter even in a big pot. They're still pretty but I wish they would grow bigger.

Yeah sunflowers are awesome.

How can anyone say that an Alien archeologist would make the same minimalist assumptions that humans have made as opposed to making their own assumptions about the muscle and cartilage structures based on the creatures they're familiar with or current creatures alive on earth at the time.

I mean it's already there and isn't going anywhere, might as well make the best of a bad situation and get some good out of it.