I don't know why the idea of the dinosaurs is so fascinating. Is it because we're so much smaller than them? Is it because they lived so long ago on the same blue ball? I think the big reason is that they have such larger physical prowess and yet somehow didn't make the cut to live until today.
I like to think that I'm at least a little bit smarter than our dino bretheren. However, even with our current technological advancement being leaps and bounds beyond what the Cretacous reptiles had available, we're in roughly the same position in terms of being able to avoid the same fate. In fact, having the tools, we're almost actively avoiding working on a solution. So who, pray tell, is the smarter species?
