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AcrocanthosaurusCervicalDorsalEverything's Better Cut In HalfMuseumsSciences de la terre et de l'environnementAnglais
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Auteur Matt Wedel

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Just Plain WrongRantsSciences de la terre et de l'environnementAnglais
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Prompted by a post on Mastodon (which, like all Mastodon posts, I can no longer find), I asked ChatGPT to tell me about my own papers. The response started out well but quickly got much worse. I will indent my comments on its response. Q. What are some articles written by Michael P. Taylor? A. Michael P. Taylor is a vertebrate paleontologist and open science advocate.

DissectionEverything's Better Cut In HalfHorseNecksSciences de la terre et de l'environnementAnglais
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Our old friend Ray Wilhite sent us this glorious photo of a horse neck that he dissected recently, with permission to post here: {.alignnone .size-full .wp-image-20849 loading=“lazy” attachment-id=“20849” permalink=“http://svpow.com/2023/03/13/the-equine-interspinal-ligaments-of-ray-wilhite/equine-neck-dissection-1/” orig-file=“https://svpow.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/equine-neck-dissection-1.jpg” orig-size=“4080,3072”

ApatosaurusBrontosaurusCervicalCervical RibsDiplodocidsSciences de la terre et de l'environnementAnglais
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Auteur Matt Wedel

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AlamosaurusArtGratuitously Awesome ImagesMark WittonSauropods Stomping TheropodsSciences de la terre et de l'environnementAnglais
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I was going to write a bit more about my recent paper The Concrete Diplodocus of Vernal (seriously, go and read it, you’ll like it, it’s fun). But then something more urgent came up. And here it is! {.alignnone .size-full .wp-image-20828 loading=“lazy” attachment-id=“20828”

DiplodocusHistoryMountsRoadside DinosUtah Field House Of Natural HistorySciences de la terre et de l'environnementAnglais
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Last time, I told you about my new paper, The Concrete Diplodocus of Vernal (Taylor et al. 2023), and finished up by saying this: “But Mike, you ask — how did you, a scientist, find yourself writing a history paper? It’s a good question, and one with a complicated answer. Tune in next time to find out!” Paper 1 The truth is, I never set out to write a history paper. My goal was

100% Totally RealChallengeFoodJust Plain WrongOff TopicSciences de la terre et de l'environnementAnglais
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I recently discovered the blog Slime Mold Time Mold, which is largely about the science of obesity — a matter of more than academic interest to me, and if I may say to, to Matt. I discovered SMTM through its fascinating discussions of scurvy and citrus-fruit taxonomy.