Comments on: Dinosaur George can bite me!

By: kreg

kreg — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:34:08 +0000

while its sad that people like george get exposure, i have found that much of the field of paleontology has sunk to the level of wild speculation and beating those theories into being accepted. a lot of “facts” have been formed to bolster the current trends. where’s the objectivity?

By: Send George Home...

Send George Home... — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:35:42 +0000

“Dinosaur” George is nothing but a blowhard. I have seen all of the episodes and wondered where they got this guy so I looked him up and he is “self-taught”. Meaning has no education in these fields and he certainly is no scientist. He is a self promoter. They show would have been a lot more enjoyable without him constantly telling us things that have never been proven. Having said that, I did enjoy the show. It is great entertainment. But it is not “education”. Go to school “Dinosaur” George…….

By: Jura

Jura — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:01:26 +0000

I looked into this before. The IPs are all different. I doubt there is any real spoofing going on. It just that (for better, or for worse) Dinosaur George has a popular following.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:25:13 +0000

Anon from earlier again, Jura. We actually streamed the videos online.

Also, have you checked the IP addresses of these angry commenters? I can’t help but wonder if it’d turn up something interesting.

By: Jura

Jura — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:26:28 +0000

@Anonymous: I guess Discovery is re-running episodes of JFC again. I’m glad the main message of these blog posts has gotten out there. Mainly that paleontologists are getting sick of having their field misrepresented on television. The internet gives us a chance to set the record straight. Thanks for the reply.

By: Eric Warren

Eric Warren — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:05:49 +0000

…Man, you are a bitter son of a bitch…It is a tv show, like “Walking with Dinosaurs” was a tv show…one with a considerable amount of errors in it also. What Blasing’s credentials are is of no matter, information is information. Do you think that sitting in a classroom, paying ungodly amounts of money for a piece of paper and a title all of a sudden makes someone better? Anyone can learn the information needed to study and discuss and form ideas, NOT everyone has the opportunity to attend Yale or Harvard or John’s Hopkin’s or any other grad school for that matter. You are a very ignorant, closed minded individual. How someone learns something does not matter, what matters is that they do learn it. Being a doctor makes no difference in most sciences, access to information and specimens does. It is a person’s willingness to learn and understand that makes the difference. Peter Larson isn’t a PhD either, but is considered an authority, because he studies and collects and communicates…He doesn’t sit around, bitter and trying to pick on other people for their POSITIVE efforts. Whether or not the person that tells me that Allosaurus was an endotherm has a doctorate or not does not matter…NOONE can prove it was or wasn’t…ANYONE can look at the evidence, read about the differences between warm and cold blooded and figure it out as best as possible with the evidence available…and dude, the overt usages of BIG words or alternate names that the lay person isn’t aware of or doesn’t understand(white pointer? seriously, just fucking call it a Great White)in your blog and you profile information doesn’t make you sound smart, it makes you sound pretentious…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:45:14 +0000

We just watched a few episodes of “Jurassic Fight Club” last night and both had the strangest feeling that “Dinosaur George” was a quack. Neither of us are in the biology field, no less paleontology, but too many of his claims just sounded so imaginative and/or made-up. When we saw his description as “paleontology expert” (rather than “paleontologist”), we headed to the internet.

Thanks for posting your observations. I wouldn’t worry about those earlier comments, either. They sound like they’re all from the same person.

By: Andria

Andria — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:26:45 +0000

If their is no doctor next to your name, then you have no right attacking someone who does not have Doctor next to their name. I HAVE done a tremendous amount of research since the show started and he seems to be right on the mark. Just how much FORMAL training do you have? Just because he has no degree, you can not discount everything he is saying. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, he however bases his on FACT. You seem to be nothing more than a faceless asshole who likes making other peoples like hell. like the first guy that wrote, your parents must be proud of this website you have. It seems you have nothing more.

By: Jura

Jura — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:18:27 +0000

Funny, I don’t see a Dr. by George Blasing’s name either. Maybe you should look up just how much formal training Mr. Blasing really has.

By: AndriaaaAAndria

AndriaaaAAndria — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:58:41 +0000

Wow, what a worthless piece of crap you are. If you start making lots of money dedicating your life to something more worth while, then maybe that might make you feel better about yourself. I don’t see a “doctor” next to your name, so who the FUCK are you to discount what George Blasing is saying? Find something better to do with your time.