Yes, they are science because they are applying what is known to the
situation. They are acting rationally because there are different
explanations for the crest (which I believe is hollow) too complicated to
analyze for the general public. For one thing, from the bones I'm
guessing that they cannot tell if the end is open or closed. I'll bet
that, if you got into the specialist literature, there would be several
technical possibilities based on specific reconstructions.
Dave (ASA)
On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 22:21:21 -0400 "David Opderbeck"
<dopderbeck@gmail.com> writes:
I spent a lovely afternoon today with my ten year old son at the Museum
of Natural History in New York. This display of a pachycephalasaurus --
an alien-looking, dome headed dinosaur -- caught my eye. If you can't
see the attached photos, the signage says: "we cannot be sure how
pachycephalasaurus used their skull caps, becuase theories about the
behaviors of extinct animals cannot be tested." So are theories about
extinct animal behaviors "science"?
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