[quote]all organisms that are affect by a mass extinction.[/quote] which is not implied by the question at all. [quote]Just because it says "mass extinction" doesn't mean that all animals in the world get terminated. It only applies to the animals that are affected by that mass extinction, such as the dinosaurs.[/quote] A) much more than the dinosaurs died in the k/t extinction, not to mention that all dinosaurs didn't even die out and some are still alive today. B) that's [i]exactly[/i] what he said in the OP to discredit the other position. C) there [i]is[/i] periodicity observed in extinction events according to several studies [the 26 to 30 my one is dubious though] and is arguably correct.

[quote][quote]all organisms that are affect by a mass extinction.[/quote] which is not implied by the question at all. [quote]Just because it says "mass extinction" doesn't mean that all animals in the world get terminated. It only applies to the animals that are affected by that mass extinction, such as the dinosaurs.[/quote] A) much more than the dinosaurs died in the k/t extinction, not to mention that all dinosaurs didn't even die out and some are still alive today. B) that's [i]exactly[/i] what he said in the OP to discredit the other position. C) there [i]is[/i] periodicity observed in extinction events according to several studies [the 26 to 30 my one is dubious though] and is arguably correct.[/quote] Of course it's not implied. That's the definition of mass extinction. All animals are affected. Species A gets wiped out, so species B is affected and now takes over the earth. I know more than dinosaurs died. Never did I say, nor does the definition of mass extinction imply that only 1 species can be affected. And Mass extinctions have no pattern. They can occur at anytime. And especially not every 30 million years. Heck in the past 500 million years we have had around 5. That's every 100 years roughly.

sorry for late reply, had to have breakfast first. [quote]Of course it's not implied. That's the definition of mass extinction. All animals are affected. Species A gets wiped out, so species B is affected and now takes over the earth. [/quote] no. i suggest you look up the definition of mass extinction. if it affected every organism then we wouldn't be here. [quote]I know more than dinosaurs died. Never did I say, nor does the definition of mass extinction imply that only 1 species can be affected.[/quote] you said "like the dinosaurs" as if the k/t event only affected the dinosaurs, but whatever. and stop using induction please. i didn't say the second part. [quote]And Mass extinctions have no pattern. [/quote] [url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC344925/pdf/pnas00604-0160.pdf]AHAHAHAHAH[/url] [url=http://kusmos.phsx.ku.edu/~melott/JGSr.pdf]HAHAHAHAH[/url] [url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v434/n7030/full/nature03339.html]HAHAHAHAH[/url] it's dubious, but there. [quote]They can occur at anytime. [/quote] sure, but there is observed periodicity. [quote]And especially not every 30 million years. [/quote] yes. check the first link. newer studies have updated the number to 60 million years. [quote]Heck in the past 500 million years we have had around 5. [/quote] [i]what?[/i] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_event#Lesser_extinctions]not even close, as there have been several mass extinction of lesser size since then.[/url] [quote]That's every 100 years roughly.[/quote] huh?

This is getting to big to quote in mobile, and I'm in class. So think what you want, makes sense to me.

*shrug* fair enough.

That's just stupid.

Not really. A mass extinction doesn't apply to every animal on the earth.

You're pulling shit out your ass though. Nothing in the question implies this.

No I'm not. Nothing implies that it isn't talking about that either. A mass extinction doesn't destroy ALL animal life. Only a vast majority, and is used to talk about a singular event, such as the dinosaurs.

[quote]Looks like [b]your[/b] the idiot.[/quote] lol

>not knowing I don't care about grammar Would you like a cookie?