Prototypical writes:
We improve the integrity of our knowledge by observing how it resists arguments to the contrary.
Alfred writes:
Who are we, Dogmameat? Speak for yourself.
Oh I meant rational people. What method are you using to improve the integrity of your knowledge? I don't think that it is working.
Alfred writes:
The issue of the thread here is whether the simians and dragons have been physically contemporary or not.
No Alfred. This issue is whether people and dinosaurs were contemporary. It has been explained that there were and are some dinosaurs that coexist(ed) with people. We call them birds now. Not a fire breather amongst the lot of them.
Al writes:
Your dogma says an emphatic no to that yet there is an overwhelming doubt about your dogma. Understand?
Apparently you are one of the few who is overwhelmed by the evidence for dragons provided by your local Chinese food restaurant menu calendars. (Free clue ---> not a great source for paleontological information.)