A Dig Through the Mind: How Effective Can Design Be?
This one's for Makovicky!
Parthenon in the building!
Rocks, rocks, rocks,
Scientists need to wear crocs,
They’re out in the field dirt on their socks,
Trying to find fossils of bird flocks.
How else could they have gotten Sue the T-Rex?
Gotta work hard, got to impress,
Makovicky knows what he’s talkin’ about,
Spent a month in Antarctica eatin that trout.
Oh boy that’s dedication,
More honors than your high school concovation,
Got a grant to take care of the transportation,
National Science Foundation takes care of the complex situation.
Paleontology,
More practical than deontology.
Let’s analyze a little methodology,
Scientist comes up with a hypothesis,
He’s tryin to put together the little pieces,
Grabs a bite; on to the excavation site…
Searching for the answer that’s right.
Obviously, it’s not all just dinosaurs,
We’re not interested in being one-dimensional bores.
Takin a look at how we’re affected by rocks,
Geology affects a bunch of bird flocks.
And if this information shocks,
Think about the earth being one big block,
Got a funny name its called Pangaea,
We tracked how the Indians crossed Beringia.
Paleontologists, concerned about how the world shapes,
4.6 billion years of history framed by exotic apes.
But that wasn’t all of it,
Dinosaurs were supreme till they got hit,
100 mile crater in the Earth,
look under the Yucatan Peninsula dirt,
Cataclysmic event lotta species got hurt.
So you see, geologists look for trends,
It’s not all digging for dinosaur friends,
It’s not about being fancy and marketable,
It’s about creating a picture that’s more legible.
Paleontology,
More practical than deontology.
Let’s analyze a little methodology,
Scientist comes up with a hypothesis,
He’s tryin to put together the little pieces,
Grabs a bite; on to the excavation site…
Searching for the answer that’s right.
Parthenon in the building!
Rocks, rocks, rocks,
Scientists need to wear crocs,
They’re out in the field dirt on their socks,
Trying to find fossils of bird flocks.
How else could they have gotten Sue the T-Rex?
Gotta work hard, got to impress,
Makovicky knows what he’s talkin’ about,
Spent a month in Antarctica eatin that trout.
Oh boy that’s dedication,
More honors than your high school concovation,
Got a grant to take care of the transportation,
National Science Foundation takes care of the complex situation.
Paleontology,
More practical than deontology.
Let’s analyze a little methodology,
Scientist comes up with a hypothesis,
He’s tryin to put together the little pieces,
Grabs a bite; on to the excavation site…
Searching for the answer that’s right.
Obviously, it’s not all just dinosaurs,
We’re not interested in being one-dimensional bores.
Takin a look at how we’re affected by rocks,
Geology affects a bunch of bird flocks.
And if this information shocks,
Think about the earth being one big block,
Got a funny name its called Pangaea,
We tracked how the Indians crossed Beringia.
Paleontologists, concerned about how the world shapes,
4.6 billion years of history framed by exotic apes.
But that wasn’t all of it,
Dinosaurs were supreme till they got hit,
100 mile crater in the Earth,
look under the Yucatan Peninsula dirt,
Cataclysmic event lotta species got hurt.
So you see, geologists look for trends,
It’s not all digging for dinosaur friends,
It’s not about being fancy and marketable,
It’s about creating a picture that’s more legible.
Paleontology,
More practical than deontology.
Let’s analyze a little methodology,
Scientist comes up with a hypothesis,
He’s tryin to put together the little pieces,
Grabs a bite; on to the excavation site…
Searching for the answer that’s right.
Crylophosaurus at The Field Museum.
