If the question is "why do they lean so heavily on it?", what methodology do you suggest that can be shown to produce better results?
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What methodology has been tested enough to predict backwards millions of years accurately when simple questions that I mentioned earlier haven’t been answered?
There are wide ranging historical reports from all over the globe placing dinosaur like creatures within the last 2000 years.
Why are these constantly debunked as “ folklore” by the scientific community instead of being looked at as documentation to be followed up on?