One the key mechanisms science stays healthy is skepticism. This article throws some over a recent sensational paper published on Science.

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    3 months ago

    Yeah I had similar thoughts reading about the cretaceous kraken underlords. If you are anywhere familiar reading paleontology papers this isn’t the first time you see people make the wildest estimates based on fragments of something, which spark arguments that take decades to settle. I’d be surprised if nobody challenges this one.