My Dad (64), who was an adult by the time Jurassic Park came out, claims that dinosaurs aren’t as popular as they were when he was a kid. What is he on about? Is this one of those cognitive biases?
it’s the biggest lie in history
vaccines actually cure autism
more vaccines, less autism
less autism, less dinosaur obsession
they died out
My kids, and most kids I know are pretty obsessed with dinosaurs.
I think there is just alot of other noise culturally compared to the 1960s.
They seemed pretty big in the 90s with Jurassic Park and “Not the Mama!”.
I haven’t really been following the Dino scene lately though. I’m pretty sure it comes in waves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_renaissance
Basically, that’s about the time that scientists started learning that dinosaurs are more bird-like than lizard-like, so therefore way more active, and interesting to kids than lizards that just sits there.
The history of how the science influenced the art which influenced the science is really interesting.
I wasn’t alive in the 60s, but it seems to me like dinosaurs are as popular as ever now. Dinosaur movies are being made, there’s a Dinosaur animatronic park near where I live, my nephews dressed as dinosaurs for Halloween
Because oil comes from rotted dinosaurs, and nobody wants to think about how high gas prices are today.
