People have been speculating for a while now about what smart dinosaurs (usually Troodon) would have looked like if they had not been killed in the M/C Extinction event.
Would they be good people?
«Σημείωσε πόσο φευγαλέα και ασήμαντη είναι η περιουσία του ανθρώπου — χθες ένα έμβρυο, αύριο μια μούμια ή στάχτη. Έτσι, για το εύρος του χρόνου που σου έχει ανατεθεί, ζήσε λογικά και αποχωρίσου τη ζωή χαρούμενα, όπως πέφτει η ώριμη ελιά, εξυμνώντας την εποχή που τη γέννησε και το δέντρο που την ωρίμασε».
“Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man — yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to thee, live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it.”
Artwork: The Three Ages of Man#Titian
Year c. 1512–14
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 90 cm × 150.7 cm (35 in × 59.3 in)
Location National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
I feel for the families and I genuinely hope they are found safe. After all, everybody is somebody to someone, and generally I do not want anyone harmed.
But at the same time, I wish if some random person wound up missing, the same effort and attention would be given, as these people are being given.