> But there is truly no practical benefit for mankind to be had in trying to answer to what extent various dinosaur species were endothermic and feathered.
Except we’re an insatiably curious species and it sates our curiosity.
It's a good example of how curiosity is sated not by truth, but by anything purporting as such.
The image of dinosaurs that became canonically entrenched in popular culture is almost certainly completely wrong, but the truth is of little consequence, exactly because it is not used for anything that might depend on it's veracity.
It really does not matter whether it be accurate or completely false, for this purpose.
Except we’re an insatiably curious species and it sates our curiosity.