Talk:Chimera (mythology)/Archive 1

::::::Not a credible interpretation, since the concept of a chimera in the field of genetics can't predate the science of DNA and the potential to compare the DNA of individuals to that of their parents—something not really possible before the late 1960's at the earliest, and most of the examples cited in the article are based on studies carried out in the last 25 years. And I'd like to see some evidence that the chimera "lost its grip on popular consciousness" ''or'' that "people were writing less and less about chimeras up until about 1940". You can infer a lot about the appearance and disappearance of terminology using an ngram, but hardly anything about overall volume of writing in comparison with, say, all published literature. What you ''don't'' see is the word "chimera" together with "genetic" (and feel free to come up with some more probable formulation, that would actually pick up the concept in genetics, but exclude mythological references), or any obvious trend that would likely be tied to the concept in genetics. That's something you ''should'' see if the concept amounts to a large proportion of the word's usage in recent literature. But so far, there's no evidence of it. [[User:P Aculeius|P Aculeius]] ([[User talk:P Aculeius|talk]]) 18:13, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

::::::Not a credible interpretation, since the concept of a chimera in the field of genetics can't predate the science of DNA and the potential to compare the DNA of individuals to that of their parents—something not really possible before the late 1960's at the earliest, and most of the examples cited in the article are based on studies carried out in the last 25 years. And I'd like to see some evidence that the chimera "lost its grip on popular consciousness" ''or'' that "people were writing less and less about chimeras up until about 1940". You can infer a lot about the appearance and disappearance of terminology using an ngram, but hardly anything about overall volume of writing in comparison with, say, all published literature. What you ''don't'' see is the word "chimera" together with "genetic" (and feel free to come up with some more probable formulation, that would actually pick up the concept in genetics, but exclude mythological references), or any obvious trend that would likely be tied to the concept in genetics. That's something you ''should'' see if the concept amounts to a large proportion of the word's usage in recent literature. But so far, there's no evidence of it. [[User:P Aculeius|P Aculeius]] ([[User talk:P Aculeius|talk]]) 18:13, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

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== Add not to be confused with chimera (Grotesque (architecture)) ==

I think this article can have a "Not to be confused with chimera (grotesque) in architecture" template at the top, or something along that sort linking to [[Grotesque (architecture)]]. [[User:Somerandomuser|Somerandomuser]] ([[User talk:Somerandomuser|talk]]) 00:47, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

== Possible Pop Culture Error? ==

I believe that people may confuse the Chimera of having another head representing a dragon, I believe DnD was responsible for that added addition and it may confuse would-be readers. Because of the huge influence of the DnD Chimera that permeates in many fantasy settings that I think this should be pointed out, so that people understand the differences between the Mythological Chimera vs. the Pop Culture Chimera.

Personally it has happened to me when I was much younger; I always thought the Chimera had a Dragon's head for the longest time haha! [[Special:Contributions/74.124.162.10|74.124.162.10]] ([[User talk:74.124.162.10|talk]]) 04:09, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

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