This originally started off as commentary on the dangers of groupthink and lack of academic rigour — but then it became something far sillier and far more fun.
Big thank you to my co-author Pedagon for being obsessed with 1) dinosaurs 2) academia 3) letting everyone know about 1+2, it made it very easy to know who I wanted to write this idea with.
This has been ready to post since the land before time (e.g. pre-6kon), so a big thank you to the following fossils for providing crit: Ralliston,
GremlinGroup,
basirskipreader,
AnActualCrow,
Its a Bad Idea, &
PlaguePJP.