It says right there it’s a seashell hard as a rock. Guess why, Sherlock.
replyNo it doesn’t. It says “ I found a fully solid rock that eerily resembles a seashell”.
replyTo be clear, you are looking at the photographs in the linked article, and asserting that you think it's not a fossil?
replyIt's visibly very clearly a fossilized sea shell. You are being a useless pedant about the author's choice of verbiage.
Well, it's your words against his. You're not much of an expert by your own account in other comments. It's irrelevant if it's from a correct geological period, it's a rock hard seashell. Go and read up the definition of "fossil".
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replyAuthor points out themselves, in the second paragraph, that its not a strange find. The strangeness of the find is his personal experience. Not that its a strange find geologically.
replyI agree it's not a strange find. Because fossils. But then what was the big deal about finding it?
replyRemember, the same author says "I found a seashell in the middle of the desert!" "shouldn't be here" and "coastline 500 miles"
And then the author takes a massive leap from “I found a fully solid rock that eerily resembles a seashell” to doing an analysis that treats it as though it actually is a fossil.
replyAnd that analysis finds out that the shell the assumed fossil most resembles is completely out of period.
If we're going to rate annoying takes on the internet, "some guy who knows nothing about a topic being snarky because AI was involved" is far worse than somebody doing something with AI.
replyGuy?
replyAnd I think you’re arguing yourself into a hole here.
What makes you think I know nothing about the topic? I have donated - at their request - three fossils to national museums.
But I’m not an expert by any stretch.
It’s obvious you’re not an expert at the topic because we can all read the original article and then read your posts in this thread…
replyI’m really not sure what you mean. Did you actually read the article? There is nothing in there that confirms this is a fossil. One moment the author says “I found a fully solid rock that eerily resembles a seashell” and the next minute they treat it as though it is a fossil but their analysis shows that the shell the piece of rock most resembles is from a completely different geological period.
replyWho cares? What if it isn't? What are the consequences? It's still an interesting post.
replyA number of people in this thread arguing with me in a remarkably personal way apparently care quite a lot. And I guess you must care at least a little bit given you’ve made the effort to comment.
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