Definitely more dinosaurs than space. My biggest interest as a kid was ancient Rome for some reason though.
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Space vs. Dinosaurs, what was your main sciency interest as a kid?
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Dinosaurs. I think it was because I loved monster movies as a kid, so dinosaurs was just kind of another version of giant monsters to me.
I think a lot of confused Godzilla for a dinosaur at one point. They even made a joke about it in the 2014 film.
I think a lot of confused Godzilla for a dinosaur at one point. They even made a joke about it in the 2014 film.
Space. I even had a replica Shuttle crew light blue jumpsuit when I was about 3 years old that I would wear around the house. My step-grandfather was a retired USAF colonel so he used to get me Nasa stuff all the time. When I was in high school I finally got the chance to go to Advanced Space Academy (Space Camp for high schoolers). Far more in-depth than the regular space camp, for example we learned what EVERY switch and button in the shuttle cockpit did.
Probably space more than dinosaurs, on average.
I think that's partly because when I was a kid the popular science around dinosaurs was basically just wrong on most major points. They were portrayed and explicitly described as reptiles and cold-blooded, slow-moving creatures. They were also generally drawn in one of around three colours (green, brown, grey).
Scientists had been moving away from all of those for a long time, but it wasn't until Jurassic Park that this view of dinosaurs fell out of mainstream fashion. The more accurate modern take on dinosaurs - more birdlike than lizardlike (even the ones furthest away from birds), fast-moving, agile and colourful creatures (often with the plumage that we now know many of them had) is infinitely cooler than the common portrayals of the '80s and early '90s.
I think that's partly because when I was a kid the popular science around dinosaurs was basically just wrong on most major points. They were portrayed and explicitly described as reptiles and cold-blooded, slow-moving creatures. They were also generally drawn in one of around three colours (green, brown, grey).
Scientists had been moving away from all of those for a long time, but it wasn't until Jurassic Park that this view of dinosaurs fell out of mainstream fashion. The more accurate modern take on dinosaurs - more birdlike than lizardlike (even the ones furthest away from birds), fast-moving, agile and colourful creatures (often with the plumage that we now know many of them had) is infinitely cooler than the common portrayals of the '80s and early '90s.
definitely space, i always was out looking at the stars and reading my small child's explanation of the solar system book
never cared about dinosaurs that much, was more interested in bugs even though i was terrified of them
never cared about dinosaurs that much, was more interested in bugs even though i was terrified of them
Robots/computers.
Combining robots, transforming robots, cybernetics/bionics, nanotechnology, exoskeletons, androids, all that shit.
I still love it.
Combining robots, transforming robots, cybernetics/bionics, nanotechnology, exoskeletons, androids, all that shit.
I still love it.
Both. I went to Cape Canaveral as a very young kid and got to see a Space Shuttle launch, but then a couple years later I got to go to a T-rex Excavation site in Eastend, Saskatchewan, followed by a trip to the Drumheller Dinosaur Museum in Alberta, and then that kind of became my obsession, but I was really into both. Read lots of books about Space and Dinosaurs as a kid. Since I was a little bit older when I got into Dinosaurs, I probably got more into Dinosaurs, so I voted for that. Both were super fascinating to me though.
I honestly don't remember, which probably means I didn't care too much about either.
It might be dinosaurs because of Power Rangers, which I was extremely into. Add in Ninja Turtles and that's another adjacent point for dinosaurs.
It might be dinosaurs because of Power Rangers, which I was extremely into. Add in Ninja Turtles and that's another adjacent point for dinosaurs.
