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35: Don't DeExtinct the Dodo, Humans vs Computers, and Art Forgery

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Dodo Art Telephone

The Dutch settlement didn't last very long on the island. This settlement was basically abandoned about a few decades later. By the time that 1710 comes around and French settlers are deciding to come in and habit this island, there are no dodos left. They were all gone in that period of time. Less than 80 years. So you're saying you could have a Dutch settler who was like a teenager and grew up eating dodos. And then when the French come over, be like, guys, there are these amazing birds. You've got to see them. And then be like, oh, I guess they're just not here anymore. Just all gone. Oh my god.

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