'Stan' the dinosaur has a new home in Abu Dhabi

[@Synky]

Great to see an Arab Muslim talking about the solar system and dinosaurs! Didn't expect that to be honest. Gives me hope

[@ezragonzalez8936]

they invented the math that is used to study it of course they talk sciences!

[@CMONCMON007]

​@ezragonzalez8936 not really. Maths goes way further back. In the Vedic Sanskrit texts in India they speak of the planets...like Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. And that is close to 5000 years old

[@henrylivingstone2971]

@@ezragonzalez8936 No…..algebra maybe but calculus and vast fields of mathematics already existed thousands of years before

[@Ranakade]

I would've just called it a "Stan-o-saurus" and call it a day.

[@CityLife26]

😂

[@robertbutler8004]

It should never been allowed to leave the US.

[@Mitjitsu]

Bid more for it next time.

[@henrylivingstone2971]

Too bad. It’s a free market and the Saudi’s wanted it more

[@alanccvoo]

Man Abu Dhabi is damn loaded

[@Shane-zl9ry]

I didn't know they believe in Dinosaurs.

[@jockyoung4491]

All countries and all faiths have educated people.

[@Shane-zl9ry]

@@jockyoung4491 Smarter than the Evangelicals that think the Earth is only 6 thousand years old.

[@jmlalbalooshi6726]

Well at least we don't believe there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing and nothing exploded for no reason creating everything.

[@Shane-zl9ry]

@@jmlalbalooshi6726 Just like god coming from nothing and creating everything from nothing.

[@henrylivingstone2971]

@@jmlalbalooshi6726 It’s sad that you care so little for science, that in your ignorance you didn’t even bother to learn the basics.

[@Jubes123]

Stan belongs in South Dakota

[@henrylivingstone2971]

That’s not how private property works. This isn’t communist China.

[@Keelo.]

no doubt they will charge an absurd price just to see it let alone have to travel to that place just to see it

[@jmlalbalooshi6726]

Since i live in abu dhabi, will give you an update how much it costs once i go there

[@henrylivingstone2971]

So? At least it’s in a public institution. The world doesn’t revolve around you and your country.

[@user-wx4nv8xr3d]

As someone who lives in dubai I’m glad I can see it and not have to travel overseas for that

[@thosewhoknowskullemoji]

​@@jmlalbalooshi6726 any updates?

[@AdmitThatYoureInsane]

Lets all give it up for our man Stan! 👏👏👏

[@suhaibali8167]

🤣

[@jthomas8263]

In January 2024, there's another Tyrannosaurus species was found in the Hall Lake Formation in New Mexico "Tyrannosaurus Mcraeensis," this Meat Eating Dinosaur was older than Tyrannosaurus Rex, and lived approximately 73 to 72 Million Years Ago. In 2024, many Paleontologists think that the Fossils of Tyrannosaurus which dated about 73 to 66 Million Years Ago.

[@journeymansmitty8283]

Wow it is absolutely amazing and I feel like there's so much more dinosaurs to be found that we haven't even seen it but I'm pretty sure it's going to be out the park price to see him🤔

[@jockyoung4491]

I don't know what their policy will be. They can afford to make it free, but most of their clientele will have lots of money, so they could go either way.

[@sldocumentary7836]

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[@RPGTKingpin]

I don't imagine it'll be that expensive. $10? $20 max? Depending on what else is in that Museum and how they're going to arrange entry fees? Who knows, it could run as low as $5. Now the plane ticket to go there on the other hand...

[@jthomas8263]

Stan is a Tyrannosaurus Regina means "Tyrant Lizard Queen", Regina and Rex lived side by side and same location.

[@damnationdaniel4726]

Still Tyrannosaurus rex, GSPs logic behind that is very flawed and not recognised

[@henrylivingstone2971]

No…that’s a fringe theory with little to no actual evidence supporting it

[@joshua.snyder]

That sucks. It belongs in the US.

[@henrylivingstone2971]

No it doesn’t. It’s private property. It belongs to whoever paid for it

[@thunderbugcreative7778]

Came here to see what became of Stan, left with a more complete understanding that the much touted "climate crisis" leading to "sea rise" is not a concern for Abu Dhabi.

[@jthomas8263]

It's not T. Rex, It's Regina.

[@joema500]

T. regina is controversial and for the moment all tyrannosaurus are considered T. rex

[@henrylivingstone2971]

No it’s not. That’s a fringe theory with little actual evidence supporting it

[@moow950]

Why is it in that desert?????

[@einienj3281]

Damn.. I wish I had so much money, that I could buy Stan..

[@AutismusPrime69]

Dwayne johnson purchased Stan

[@curiousuranus810]

This is hilariously ironic.

[@nicholegallo1090]

How

[@DragonAlchemist0]

Stan got Nermal'd. Garfield and Friends.

[@miguelruben6092]

Then ig I can negotiate the museum for one of Stan’s teeth for a exotic necklace

[@revgee93]

Garfield ships Nermal to Abu Dhabi. 😅

[@dankisreal6432]

I knew when it sold at 32 million , that a Arabic oil billionaire bought it.

[@suze7937]

Sad that Stan left the states but at least he isn't collecting dust in some rich billionaire's living room and can actually be seen by the public and studied. While it would be nice for every Tyrannosaurus specimen to stay in the states, just think now he can now inspire countless individuals who visit the museum to take up Paleontology, get out there and maybe find something spectacular.

[@two_tier_gary_rumain]

Welp, looks like they found Adolf Bidumb's spine.

[@HandgunSafe]

I thought that devout Muslims, like devout Christians, did not accept natural selection. What could the skeleton possibly mean to this collector? Is it just something that draws tourists?

[@Adangaras]

*These emaratis are not devout or religious muslims but rather crypto Muslims liberals and wannabe westernized arabs!!*

[@RPGTKingpin]

Islam, contrary to popular belief, rarely conflicts with science. In fact, much of modern science owes its existence to Islamic patronage. Philosophy, mathematics, chemistry, astronomy, to name just a few, would not exist as we know them today if not for Muslim philosophers. It was their research and development of the sciences during the European Dark Ages that eventually gave rise to the Renaissance Era. Note that that era was particularly prominent in Italy and Spain; lands that were previously occupied by the Islamic empire of the day. As for natural selection, there's nothing in Islam against that, either. It's just a slightly different perspective. To demonstrate one way they can be reconciled, consider this concept: Evolution is a macro-perspective of change in organisms. Creation is the micro-perspective. Organisms are changed over time to better suit their environment. If you subscribe to the concept of a creator, this creator is simply fine-tuning each successive example of the creation to better suit an *ever-changing* environment. If you do not subscribe to a creator, this gradual change is seen as a self-developing phenomenon and given a name; evolution, natural selection, so on and so forth. You may argue that those things are different, but consider that natural selection may simply be a side-effect of fate guiding the inferior to destruction, while perpetuating the existence of the more effective. tl;dr Existence as we know it is open to interpretation, and those interpretations are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

[@HandgunSafe]

@@RPGTKingpin The ancient Islamic world did not preserve the work of Charles Darwin, so your discourse on the preservation of ancient ideas doesn't really address my comment. As for evolution being "a macro-perspective," that is not how paleontologists would speak of the process. But if someone who is Muslim can find a way to accept the process of natural selection, I guess I can't complain about that.

[@RPGTKingpin]

@@HandgunSafe My point was that Islam isn't in fundamental opposition with science the way Christianity traditionally has been. As for the macro-perspective, the term only really holds weight when compared to the micro-perspective example I gave. They are two terms relative to eachother that are pretty meaningless in isolation. The only time I've seen Islam, or Muslims in general get hung up on the concept of evolution is strictly when the topic of human beings as animals gets brought up. Because the traditional Muslim perspective of mankind is that we are a level above other organisms. It's almost entirely an argument of propriety and decency in civilised society in their minds until you give it more context. Muslims don't like being told that human beings are no different than any other animal that walks, eats, defecates and breeds with no shame or regard for its surroundings. Once you reframe it as human beings sharing the physiological features that define an animal, instead of say, a tree or a mushroom, it stops being an issue.

[@Synky]

Yeah I was surprised as well to see an Arab Muslim talking about the solar system and dinosaurs! Gave me hope for our future!

[@dannilynn7641]

Wonder if the Velociraptor will be bid on by the same? The museum is coming together beautifully. Well done!

[@henrylivingstone2971]

That’s sent a velociraptor. That was a deinonychus

[@gemthetics8084]

"Call on the Lord in the day of trouble, and he will deliver you" -Psalm 50: 15

[@BakerZone760]

It had to go to abu shithole dhabi

[@vas4739]

Love it!

[@Tazsane]

sooo if dwayne doesn’t have any properties in Abu Dhabi and it’s home is there, then who really is it that owns it? or is it a replica and dwayne actually has the real one? 🧐

[@henrylivingstone2971]

The cultural ministry of the United Arab Emirates owns the real Stan, Dwayne owns a replica

[@redspiralray2880]

Everyone take a moment to look through the comments. See the people that are here trolling about Brandon, Hunter, God and George Floyd. They are sad, strange little people. The kind of people that got their ass kicked all the time in high school and are desperate to seem like they matter. They will one day die alone in their bed and no one will care.

[@pirateturtle987]

Yeah what the hell is going on in this comment section? Why are there so many weirdos on a video about a dinosaur Skeleton. Glad I’m not the only person that noticed

[@rocko882]

There gos stan !

[@tommyrwestbrook5799]

Old stan created oil we appreciate him democrats hate him

[@nepomuk6147]

What’s Allahs opinion on dinosaurs?

[@arcticdragon104]

Usa so chummy with these Saudi oil barons

[@RPGTKingpin]

Abu Dhabi isn't in Saudi Arabia, mate. Might wanna look at a map again. Or google it.

[@lobsterwhisperer7932]

we need the oil.

[@blaineboyle5997]

U thought the earth was only 6000 years old? Did Jesus ride this guy to Bethlehem? Must have been quite the saddle!!!

[@RPGTKingpin]

Wrong religion, mate :P

[@moonshoes11]

Why use the word “created” when it comes to the universe? A more correct question is how it came to exist in it’s present form.

[@jockyoung4491]

It's an ambigous term that can be used on all contexts, but it does have baggage.

[@kylerittenhouse6521]

Omg kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYakpGuPf61gd6c omggg

[@justsomeguy6474]

Now that is pedantic.

[@moonshoes11]

@@justsomeguy6474 Is it? Doesn’t assuming it is a creation imply a creator, without warrant?

[@justsomeguy6474]

@@moonshoes11 An explosion creates a crater. See no creator.

[@moidheenkutty4848]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@elingles2854]

America !! We have to find a way out of this mess, because this administration is utterly useless !! I truly cannot make ends meet, I put the heating on only at night !! WHY ?

[@moidheenkutty4848]

💪🏽💪🏽

[@AkChiVibes]

#HuntersLaptop

[@chrisyoung4482]

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

[@효영안-l2q]

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[@RiseAgainstDisciple]

Lets go Brandon!!!

[@mikewagner1614]

"The kingdom of God has drawn near; repent and believe the gospel!"

[@moonshoes11]

Why?

[@jockyoung4491]

What does that have to do with science?

[@jockyoung4491]

@Russian Invasion of Ukraine All countries and all faiths have educated people, although you are probably correct that theocracies have disadvantages. But Islam was never as anti-science as Christianity

[@justsomeguy6474]

@@jockyoung4491 The year 1400 says you're wrong.

[@jockyoung4491]

@@justsomeguy6474 I'm not sure what you are refering too, but science did always have to conform to Islam, just like it did for Christianity. But for its first 600-800 years, Islam actually encouraged science, while Christain Europe suppressed it violently.

[@TheDawgfan89]

Let's go Brandon!

[@klausschwab869]

Where’s Hunters laptop...?

[@RPGTKingpin]

Why'd ~15 boxes of classified top secret documents get stolen from the White House and end up in Mar-a-Lago? Why was nobody ever prosecuted for it?

[@jockyoung4491]

In your imagination, where it has always been

[@blaineboyle5997]

Unreal that a guy 40’years old could afford a laptop

[@johnh23z]

hoax

[@RPGTKingpin]

How?

[@ecurewitz]

Based on what?

[@johnh23z]

@@ecurewitz TV news hoax propaganda

[@johnh23z]

@@RPGTKingpin TV news hoax propaganda..