Reading this article, I actually didn't know that dinosaurs' extinction was caused by a rock from outer space that landed in southern Mexico. I found it interesting that after years and years of research, that the details have changed drastically according to researcher Eric Tohver of the University of Western Australia.
If this article’s details were drawn from several different sources I believe it would have made it slightly more accurate than one with only one perspective.
Just last year Tohver and his team of colleagues thought they had found the answer to their questions, the “Araguainha crater” they called it. This wasn’t entirely true of course.
This article about Eric Tohver’s ‘discovery’ seems similar to a time in history where everyone believed that everything revolved around the earth. Just as Eric Tohver is trying to make his idea more widespread, I feel someone will have a more convincing argument with the same idea and be credited for his theory.
From my perspective I believe that although Tohver has very many good points, it his ideas aren’t fully developed and backed up with enough evidence. I have come to a theory from what I’ve read from this article. Just as Copernicus who had spread the idea of the sun being the center of the solar system, Galileo was the one who had mathematically proved it. This is similar to what I believe that will happen to Eric Tohver’s theory about the crater that made the dinosaurs extinct, that he will widespread the idea, but someone else will come up with evidence that will prove it.
Hi Jasmine! I found this topic to be really interesting. I thought that you did a good job giving enough background information and putting your own commentary on this topic. I also liked your analogy of the sun and the crater. It was really clever. I just want you to consider re-reading what you wrote before you post it. Some parts were just a little awkward.
ReplyDeleteI found your article very interesting and entertaining. The first paragraph does a good job of providing a hook, stating what the average schoolchild knows and cleverly leading up to the newfound information that this article informs readers on. Although I knew that a meteor that fell in Mexico had caused the extinction of dinosaurs, I did not know that when mammals were evolving, so were reptiles. Your commentary was well done; however, if I were to just read your analysis, I would not be able to understand what your article touched upon very well. Overall, though, you did a great job. (:
ReplyDeleteHey, Jasmine!
ReplyDeleteI want to start off by saying that, although your title is simple, it caught my attention! Anyways, your article is very interesting. I find it interesting how a theory that was widely known or believed to be true was actually not "fully developed" as you said in the article. To me, there are a lot of theories that do not exactly have fully-supporting evidence, and I think you should add suggestions to what kind of evidence can support Eric's theory.